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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

South 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?

$1,075

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,075 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$224$166 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$617 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,571Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $148 to $316
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $224

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
$199.53
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
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
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49

Where South 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

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$1,075

$224 physician + $851 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.