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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Tennessee 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?

$1,484

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,484 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$148 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$741 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $513 to $2,818Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $117 to $2,138
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $282

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
$467.74
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
6 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
$54.95
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$1,484

$282 physician + $1,202 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.