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Rectal Scope Exam With Growth Removal By Cautery

South Carolina 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$95.50 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$138 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $98 to $7,943Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $81 to $269
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $257professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$186

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.