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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Illinois 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?

$1,824

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,824 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$141 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$692 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $269 to $5,129Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $120 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $275

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
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$537.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 27th of 50

$1,824

$275 physician + $1,549 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.