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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Alaska rates for HCPCS 45309

Using a short rigid scope inserted through the anus, a doctor removes a single polyp or growth from the lower rectum by looping a thin wire snare around its base and removing it. This allows both diagnosis and treatment in one visit without a separate surgery. It is used when a growth is found during an exam of the lower rectum and sigmoid area.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare cost?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $229 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$275$200 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$145 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $107 to $537Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $91 to $977
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $229professional $275

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
$288.40
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,288.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$645.65

Where Alaska 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$263

MN $309WV $145

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.