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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Maine 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?

$4,199

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,199 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$309$155 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,479 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,571Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $135 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $309

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
$1,479.11
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$660.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$851.14
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,570.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$691.83

Where Maine 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

Maine· 4th of 50

$4,199

$309 physician + $3,890 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.