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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Alaska rates for HCPCS 45338

During a flexible sigmoidoscopy, examining the lower part of the colon and rectum, a wire loop (snare) is passed through the scope and used to encircle and remove a polyp or other growth from the lining. The tissue is then sent to a lab to check whether it's benign or precancerous.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare) cost?

$702

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $702 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $339 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$269 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$339$191 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $141 to $912Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $339professional $363

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
$354.81
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,862.09
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$933.25

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 42nd of 50

$702

$363 physician + $339 facility

IN $5,143ND $577

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.