CPT 45389 · 970 hospitals reporting

Colonoscopy w/stent plcmt

The same procedure costs $166 at one hospital and $24,559 at another — a 148× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,886.

Cheapest published

$166

2 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 970 hospitals

$2,886

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$24,559

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

209 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$8,245	$2,886	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$8,245	$2,886	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$8,245	$2,886	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$8,255	$2,889	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$2,984	$2,984	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$2,984	$2,984	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$2,984	$2,984	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$2,984	$2,984	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$2,984	$2,984	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$2,984	$2,984	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$2,984	$2,984	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$2,984	$2,984	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$2,984	$2,984	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$2,984	$2,984	—	—	0 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$3,926	$2,748	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$5,375	$2,687	—	—	5 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$4,400	$2,640	$1,607	$6,771	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$4,400	$2,640	$1,607	$6,771	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$4,400	$2,640	$1,607	$6,771	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$4,400	$2,640	$1,607	$6,771	5 insurers
CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST	MO	$4,400	$2,640	$1,607	$6,771	5 insurers
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH	TX	$7,985	$2,635	$947	$11,925	5 insurers
CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL	LA	$10,036	$2,609	$50	$12,268	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,215	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,215	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$8,245	$2,474	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$2,362	$137	$4,871	0 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$3,926	$2,356	—	—	5 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$5,382	$3,498	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$3,018	$2,264	—	—	2 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$6,800	$3,536	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$6,800	$3,536	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$6,800	$3,536	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$6,800	$3,536	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$6,800	$3,536	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$6,800	$3,536	—	—	3 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$4,048	$2,226	—	—	5 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL FRISCO	TX	$5,953	$3,572	—	—	1 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MEDICAL CENTER SUNNYVALE	TX	$5,960	$3,576	$1,673	$5,192	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$2,744	$2,195	—	—	5 insurers