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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Montana 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?

$1,002

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,002 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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$372$302 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$302 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,445Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $200 to $832
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $372

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
$1,584.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
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
$95.50
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$147.91

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,002

$372 physician + $631 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.