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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 October 2026.

How much does Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare cost?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$166 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$155 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,311Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $479professional $263

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
$537.03
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,235.94
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$645.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,235.94
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$602.56
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
7 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
$44.67
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.30
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$120.23
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 51

$263

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.