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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

New York 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?

$3,256

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,256 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$145 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,413 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,413Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $132 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $166

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
$1,348.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$239.88
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$389.05
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,511.38
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$257.04
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$977.24
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
6 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
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82

Where New York 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 York· 3rd of 51

$3,256

$166 physician + $3,090 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.