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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 43251

A doctor passes a thin, flexible scope through the mouth into the esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine to examine the lining and remove a growth or abnormal tissue using a wire loop device. The tissue is then sent to a lab for testing.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare cost?

$1,784

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,784 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$263 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$955 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,162Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $200 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $339

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$1,784

$339 physician + $1,445 facility

CO $4,142MT $1,002

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.