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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Missouri 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?

$1,892

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,892 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$263 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$832 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,677Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $447

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
$213.80
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$912.01
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
$89.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 19th of 51

$1,892

$447 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.