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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Oregon 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?

$1,437

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,437 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$525$331 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$692 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $407 to $5,623Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $525

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
$380.19
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$8,317.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,047.13
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,258.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,585.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
10 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
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 38th of 51

$1,437

$525 physician + $912 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.