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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 October 2026.

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

$750

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $750 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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$282$186 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$191 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,000Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $123 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $468professional $282

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$616.60
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$89.13

Where Montana 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

Montana· 49th of 51

$750

$282 physician + $468 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.