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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Florida 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?

$3,265

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,265 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$135 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,230 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $309 to $9,120Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $115 to $468
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $245

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
$229.09
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$275.42
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,471.29
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74

Where Florida 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

Florida· 10th of 50

$3,265

$245 physician + $3,020 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.