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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 October 2026.

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

$980

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $980 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$288$182 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$550 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,188Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $112 to $550
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $288

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
$263.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$79.43
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 44th of 51

$980

$288 physician + $692 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.