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Rectal Scope Exam With Growth Removal By Cautery

Tennessee 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$100 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$1,096 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,266Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,445
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $182

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40
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
$37.15
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$27.54

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$186

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.