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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Georgia 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?

$1,096

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$302$178 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$589 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $398 to $4,266Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $138 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $302

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
$125.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$741.31
5 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
$58.88
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$34.67

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 39th of 51

$1,096

$302 physician + $794 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.