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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Mississippi 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?

$1,154

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,154 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$263$138 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$501 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,138Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $112 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $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
$112.20
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 36th of 50

$1,154

$263 physician + $891 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.