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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Montana 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $234 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$186$123 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$155 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $135 to $398Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $87 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $234professional $186

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 38th of 51

$191

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.