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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Hawaii 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?

$3,193

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,193 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$145 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,000 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,884Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $120 to $2,570
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,884professional $309

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
$870.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 11th of 50

$3,193

$309 physician + $2,884 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.