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Colonoscopy With Destruction Of A Growth

Vermont 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?

$575

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $1,413.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,715
$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $575

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$5,495.41
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in New York than in West Virginia. 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.

Vermont· 40th of 51

$575

NY $2,570WV $501

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.