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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

New Mexico 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?

$1,457

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,457 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$282$219 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$724 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,266Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $126 to $692
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $282

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
$281.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
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
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$72.44

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 36th of 51

$1,457

$282 physician + $1,175 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.