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Rectal Scope Exam With Growth Removal By Cautery

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 45308

In this procedure, a rigid, narrow scope is passed through the anus to examine the rectum and lower part of the colon, and a single small growth is removed using a heated instrument that both cuts and seals the tissue. It is performed to both diagnose and treat a polyp or similar growth found during the exam. Tissue is typically sent to a lab afterward for analysis.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Rectal Scope Exam With Growth Removal By Cautery cost?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $603 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$138 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$145 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $105 to $3,631Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $91 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $603professional $240

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
$524.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,786.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$630.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,786.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$588.84
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$933.25
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
7 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
$43.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.91
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$109.65
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 51

$245

AK $437DC $97.72

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.