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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Wyoming 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?

$1,738

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$479$309 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,259 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,622Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$120.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
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
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$31.62

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 12th of 51

$1,738

$479 physician + $1,259 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.