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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 July 2026.

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

$2,791

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,791 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$447$234 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$794 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $389 to $8,511Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $447

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
$562.34
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 18th of 51

$2,791

$447 physician + $2,344 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.