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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

New Jersey 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?

$4,853

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,853 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$135 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,754 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $427 to $10,233Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $112 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $282

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
$380.19
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$588.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,025.60
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$549.54

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 2nd of 50

$4,853

$282 physician + $4,571 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.