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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

Utah 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?

$2,423

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,423 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$132$112 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$794 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $324 to $4,571Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $100 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $132

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
$323.59
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$363.08
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
$87.10
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36

Where Utah 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$2,423

$132 physician + $2,291 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.