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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$1,349

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $933 to $2,692.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 36.3 times more in Indiana 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.

Louisiana· 28th of 50

$1,349

IN $6,166ND $170

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.