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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

North Carolina 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?

$1,372

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,372 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$302 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$603 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,455Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $229 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $501

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
$165.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
7 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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 27th of 51

$1,372

$501 physician + $871 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.