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Colonoscopy With Destruction Of A Growth

North Carolina 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?

$2,909

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,909 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$1,047$501 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$372 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $263 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $302 to $5,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,047

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
$263.03
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,466.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$7,585.78
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,548.13
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$19,498.45

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 30th of 50

$2,909

$1,047 physician + $1,862 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.