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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Nebraska 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?

$1,362

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,362 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$240$166 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$776 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,677Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $110 to $813
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $240

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
$234.42
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
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
$54.95
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 27th of 51

$1,362

$240 physician + $1,122 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.