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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 October 2026.

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

$2,076

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,076 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$214$112 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,023 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $324 to $6,026Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $81 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $214

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
$141.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,466.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
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
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 9th of 51

$2,076

$214 physician + $1,862 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.