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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Kentucky 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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 6 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$151$89.13 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,148 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,388Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $83 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $151

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
$109.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$166

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.