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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 October 2026.

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

$1,000

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$257 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$324 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $158 to $3,311Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $166 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $324

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
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.38

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 46th of 51

$1,000

$324 physician + $676 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.