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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

New Mexico 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $229 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$191$93.33 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$135 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $100 to $631Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $85 to $316
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $229professional $191

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
$138.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$295.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$354.81

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 29th of 51

$200

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.