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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

South Dakota 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?

$1,000

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$339$275 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$389 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,202Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $195 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $339

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
$120.23
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$588.84
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$851.14
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
$50.12
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 43rd of 51

$1,000

$339 physician + $661 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.