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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

New Mexico 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?

$1,179

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,179 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$245$166 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$575 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $398 to $4,074Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $129 to $457
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $245

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
$173.78
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
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
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$42.66

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 36th of 51

$1,179

$245 physician + $933 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.