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Upper GI Endoscopy With Lesion Removal By Snare

Wyoming 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?

$2,818

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$501 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$2,042 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $4,266Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,995
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $776

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
$194.98
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
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
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$52.48

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 8th of 51

$2,818

$776 physician + $2,042 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.