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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Massachusetts 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$214$112 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$166 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $132 to $3,715Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $89 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $214

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
$229.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$478.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$588.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$616.60

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$219

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.