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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Rhode Island 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?

$2,899

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,899 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$269$162 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,549 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,898Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $135 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $269

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
$645.65
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 13th of 50

$2,899

$269 physician + $2,630 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.