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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Nebraska 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?

$1,834

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,834 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$269 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$955 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,495Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $389

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
$389.05
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$44.67

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 22nd of 51

$1,834

$389 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.