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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Kansas 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$224$158 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$724 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,631Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $105 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $813professional $224

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
$1,023.29
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04
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
$47.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.88

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 12th of 51

$240

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.