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Colonoscopy With Growth Removal Using Heat

Iowa 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?

$1,738

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$479$324 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$646 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $427 to $6,026Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $479

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
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,412.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 32nd of 51

$1,738

$479 physician + $1,259 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.