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Colonoscopy With Growth Removal Using Heat

Louisiana 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?

$1,960

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$282 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$741 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,631Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $224 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $447

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
$398.11
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$1,960

$447 physician + $1,514 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.