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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Georgia 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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 8 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$195$110 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,175 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $427 to $6,918Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $89 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $195

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
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 17th of 51

$214

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.