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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

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

$2,291

Typical total for the visit. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$631$355 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$724 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $234 to $5,248Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,698
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in California 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

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$2,291

$631 physician + $1,660 facility

CA $5,460MT $790

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.