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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

North Carolina 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?

$1,203

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,203 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$309 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$479 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,512Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $166 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $427

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
$117.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$398.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
7 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
$134.90
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$213.80

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$1,203

$427 physician + $776 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.