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Rigid Scope Removal Of A Rectal Polyp By Snare

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 8 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$105 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$123 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $100 to $5,248Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $89 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $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
$154.88
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$436.52
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$870.96
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$323.59

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 28th 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.