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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 9 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$95.50 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,288 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,128Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $87 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,122.02
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$660.69
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$524.81
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,187.76
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 31st 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.