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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Virginia 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?

$1,589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$240$132 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$447 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $170 to $5,623Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $117 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $240

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
$169.82
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52
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
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 19th of 51

$1,589

$240 physician + $1,349 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.