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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Nevada 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?

$1,676

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,676 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$295$204 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$724 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,365Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $186 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $295

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
$537.03
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$562.34
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,023.29
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$645.65
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
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 32nd of 51

$1,676

$295 physician + $1,380 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.