go back

Colonoscopy With Destruction Of A Growth

Alabama rates for HCPCS 45388

This is a full colonoscopy during which a growth, such as a polyp or other lesion, is destroyed using a technique such as heat or laser rather than being physically snared and removed intact. It's used when a growth isn't well suited to simple removal with a wire loop or forceps. The scope examines the entire colon during the same exam.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Colonoscopy With Destruction Of A Growth cost?

$2,086

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,086 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$537$302 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$933 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,388Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $263 to $4,467
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $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
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,466.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
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
$398.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in New York 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· 44th of 50

$2,086

$537 physician + $1,549 facility

NY $6,623MD $839

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.