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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Louisiana 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?

$1,415

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,415 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$240$166 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$708 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,512Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $126 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $240

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
$295.12
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
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
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$39.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$1,415

$240 physician + $1,175 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.