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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Virginia 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?

$1,788

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,788 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$309$209 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$562 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $282 to $5,888Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $186 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $309

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
$977.24
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$630.96
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
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$60.26

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 23rd of 51

$1,788

$309 physician + $1,479 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.