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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

South Carolina 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $288 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$186$102 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$170 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $105 to $7,762Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $87 to $282
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $288professional $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
$104.71
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$195

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.