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Sigmoidoscopy With Ultrasound-Guided Needle Sample

Washington 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?

$1,090

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,090 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$166 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$550 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $398 to $4,571Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $112 to $372
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $871professional $219

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
$524.81
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
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
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91

Where Washington 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

Washington· 39th of 51

$1,090

$219 physician + $871 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.