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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 July 2026.

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

$1,551

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,551 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$151 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$759 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $380 to $3,467Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $117 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $263

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
$371.54
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$457.09

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 50

$1,551

$263 physician + $1,288 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.