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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Arizona 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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 5 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$178$95.50 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$240 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $123 to $5,623Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $85 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,738professional $178

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 36th of 51

$195

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.