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Rectal Scope Exam With Growth Removal By Cautery

Montana 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 July 2026.

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

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $209 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$170$107 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$145 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $115 to $398Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $81 to $389
$100$1K$10Kfacility $209professional $170

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$436.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. 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.

Montana· 37th of 51

$182

MN $295WV $141

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.