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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Arkansas 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?

$1,326

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,326 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$229$132 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$589 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,995Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $115 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,096professional $229

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
$173.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 34th of 50

$1,326

$229 physician + $1,096 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.