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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 October 2026.

How much does Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare) cost?

$1,528

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,528 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$269$151 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$871 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,236Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $120 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $269

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
$154.88
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$524.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
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
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 21st of 51

$1,528

$269 physician + $1,259 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.