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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 October 2026.

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

$3,569

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,569 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$479$234 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$794 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $324 to $6,761Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $479

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
$288.40
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
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
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$53.70

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 3rd of 51

$3,569

$479 physician + $3,090 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.