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Colonoscopy With Growth Removal Using Heat

Massachusetts 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?

$2,315

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,315 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$331 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$417 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,715Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,259
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,778professional $537

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
$467.74
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,884.03
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$2,315

$537 physician + $1,778 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.