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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Minnesota 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?

$1,427

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,427 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$380$234 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$437 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $145 to $2,951Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $174 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $380

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
$112.20
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$891.25
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 25th of 51

$1,427

$380 physician + $1,047 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.