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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Kansas 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?

$1,744

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,744 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$224 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$708 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,631Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,349
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $331

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
$316.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
6 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
$63.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 11th of 51

$1,744

$331 physician + $1,413 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.