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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

Massachusetts 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?

$2,089

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,000 to $3,311.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $229 to $4,786
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,258.93
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 50

$2,089

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.