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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

New Mexico 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?

$1,534

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,534 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$245$195 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$794 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,677Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $166 to $372
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $245

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
$181.97
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
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
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 22nd of 51

$1,534

$245 physician + $1,288 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.