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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 October 2026.

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

$1,097

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,097 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$245$148 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$603 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,660Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $126 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $245

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
$147.91
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
7 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
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in Colorado 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· 38th of 51

$1,097

$245 physician + $851 facility

CO $4,090ND $590

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.