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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Alabama 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?

$1,725

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,725 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$132 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,000 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,455Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $117 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $245

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 29th of 50

$1,725

$245 physician + $1,479 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.