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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Maine 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?

$1,360

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,360 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$240 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$575 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,467Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $214 to $891
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $933professional $427

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
$239.88
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,023.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,467.37
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
10 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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$57.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$114.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$436.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$87.10
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$57.54

Where Maine 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

Maine· 41st of 51

$1,360

$427 physician + $933 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.