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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

Alaska rates for HCPCS 45342

A flexible scope carrying an ultrasound probe is passed through the anus into the lower large bowel, the ultrasound looks through the bowel wall at deeper structures, and a fine needle is passed under that guidance to draw cells from a target within or beyond the wall. It samples lesions and lymph nodes that a surface biopsy cannot reach. It is done with sedation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample cost?

$2,235

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,235 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$575$257 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,318 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $5,888Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $170 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $575

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
$912.01
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,128.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,096.48
10 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
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.7 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 9th of 51

$2,235

$575 physician + $1,660 facility

CO $4,047MT $526

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.