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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Colorado 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 7 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$186$100 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$224 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $120 to $8,128Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $87 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $186

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
$213.80
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$354.81

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$209

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.