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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Oklahoma 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?

$2,241

Typical total for the visit. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,241 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$135 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$759 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $288 to $4,467Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $115 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $245

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
$323.59
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 18th of 50

$2,241

$245 physician + $1,995 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.