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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

Nebraska 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?

$1,811

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,811 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$398$316 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$891 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,166Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,905
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $398

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.42

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 12th of 51

$1,811

$398 physician + $1,413 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.