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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

Montana 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?

$526

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $526 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $263 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$263$229 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$263$257 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,047Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $155 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $263professional $263

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$275.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
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
$81.28
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$526

$263 physician + $263 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.