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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 October 2026.

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

$1,034

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,034 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$195 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$708 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,512Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $166 to $309
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $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
$380.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
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
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 43rd of 51

$1,034

$240 physician + $794 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.