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Colonoscopy With Growth Removal Using Heat

Alabama rates for HCPCS 45384

During a colonoscopy, a growth or abnormal area of tissue found in the colon is removed using a heated grasping tool that both grips and treats the tissue. It is an alternative removal technique to using a wire loop, or snare, during the same type of exam.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy With Growth Removal Using Heat cost?

$2,042

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$251 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$1,122 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,512Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $224 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $457

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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

Alabama· 26th of 51

$2,042

$457 physician + $1,585 facility

NJ $5,817MD $815

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.