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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Montana 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?

$649

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $649 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $380 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$269$170 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$209 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $186 to $646Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $120 to $631
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $380professional $269

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
$933.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$724.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34

Where Montana 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

Montana· 45th of 50

$649

$269 physician + $380 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.