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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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$110 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$891 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,467Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $87 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $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
$257.04
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 22nd 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.