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Rectal Scope Exam With Bleeding Control

Kansas rates for HCPCS 45317

Examination of the rectum and the lowest part of the colon using a short rigid scope, during which active bleeding is stopped, for example by cautery, a clip, or an injection. It is used when someone is bleeding from the lower bowel.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Rectal Scope Exam With Bleeding Control cost?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $813 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$182 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$724 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,631Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $123 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $813professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Kansas· 16th of 51

$251

AK $490DC $129

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.