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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 October 2026.

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

$2,436

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,436 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$617$372 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$933 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $468 to $4,677Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,549
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $617

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
$181.97
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$53.70

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$2,436

$617 physician + $1,820 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.