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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Michigan 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$141$95.50 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,072 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $182 to $4,898Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $85 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $141

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
$114.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$389.05
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 50th of 51

$155

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.