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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Delaware 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?

$598

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $598 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $316 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$132 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$316$117 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $112 to $2,455Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $123 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $316professional $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
$112.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 48th of 50

$598

$282 physician + $316 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.