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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

Virginia 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?

$2,053

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,053 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$191$170 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$676 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $251 to $5,754Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $158 to $275
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $191

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
$194.98
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 11th of 51

$2,053

$191 physician + $1,862 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.