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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

Arkansas 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?

$1,196

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,196 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$219$178 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$617 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,698Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $162 to $355
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $977professional $219

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
$208.93
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
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
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 33rd of 51

$1,196

$219 physician + $977 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.