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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Oklahoma 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?

$2,883

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,883 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$209 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$912 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $331 to $6,166Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $191 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $372

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
$331.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$588.84

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 15th of 51

$2,883

$372 physician + $2,512 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.