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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

West 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?

$1,403

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,403 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$209 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$525 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $214 to $9,120Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $174 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $331

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,471.29
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
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
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$47.86

Where West 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

West Virginia· 39th of 51

$1,403

$331 physician + $1,072 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.