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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$170$107 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$603 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,698Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $93 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $170

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
$107.15
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
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
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.50

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.2 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.

Arkansas· 27th of 51

$195

AK $468DC $112

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.