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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

Minnesota 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?

$631

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $1,622.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $219 to $3,802
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $631

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
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 35th of 50

$631

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.