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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 July 2026.

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

$1,564

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 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$389$251 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$398 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $155 to $4,169Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $389

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
$67.61
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,344.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$851.14

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 31st of 50

$1,564

$389 physician + $1,175 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.