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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Utah 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$209$120 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,698 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $123 to $4,571Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $91 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $209

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
$123.03
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$575.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$467.74
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 9th of 51

$224

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.