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Colonoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare)

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 45385

A procedure in which a flexible scope with a camera is passed through the rectum to examine the entire colon, with one or more polyps removed during the exam using a wire loop, or snare, that captures and cuts them off. Removing polyps during the same procedure avoids the need for a separate surgery and allows the tissue to be sent for lab analysis. Patients are typically sedated for comfort during the exam.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy With Polyp Removal (Snare) cost?

$2,546

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,546 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 77 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$295 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$741 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,079Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $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
$457.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$977.24

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Indiana than in New Mexico. 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

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IN $5,104NM $1,144

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.