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Small Bowel Scope With Snare Removal of a Growth

California rates for HCPCS 44364

A long flexible scope is passed through the mouth and stomach and well down into the small intestine. A wire loop is passed down the scope, placed around a polyp or other growth, and tightened to cut it free so it can be retrieved. The removed tissue is sent to a laboratory for examination.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Small Bowel Scope With Snare Removal of a Growth cost?

$5,129

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,951 to $7,943.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $724 to $13,804Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $170 to $525
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $209

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,238.72
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$549.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where California sits

The same service costs 32.4 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

California· 3rd of 50

$5,129

IN $6,607ND $204

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.