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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Idaho 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?

$766

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $766 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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$309$162 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$282 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $166 to $2,951Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $126 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $457professional $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
$416.87
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$309.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 40th of 50

$766

$309 physician + $457 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.