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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Oregon 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?

$781

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $781 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$219 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$269 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $151 to $813Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $132 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $457professional $324

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
$302.00
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$758.58
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,677.35
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$724.44

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 39th of 50

$781

$324 physician + $457 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.