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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 July 2026.

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

$1,941

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,941 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$282$195 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$490 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $200 to $6,457Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $123 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $282

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
$363.08
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 25th of 50

$1,941

$282 physician + $1,660 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.