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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 October 2026.

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

$1,253

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,253 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$275$132 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$589 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $417 to $4,467Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,349
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $275

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
6 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
$54.95
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$1,253

$275 physician + $977 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.