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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Arizona 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?

$2,144

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,144 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$282$141 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$380 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $166 to $5,495Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $120 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $282

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
$1,071.52
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 20th of 50

$2,144

$282 physician + $1,862 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.