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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Utah 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?

$2,232

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,232 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$282$229 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$417 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $191 to $4,571Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $158 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $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
$190.55
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$602.56
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
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
$83.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69

Where Utah 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$2,232

$282 physician + $1,950 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.