CPT 45393 · 1,052 hospitals reporting

Colonoscopy w/decompression

The same procedure costs $90.75 at one hospital and $18,448 at another — a 203× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,382.

Cheapest published

$90.75

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

Median across 1,052 hospitals

$1,382

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

Most expensive

$18,448

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

Price distribution

266 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
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,382	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,382	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$5,281	$1,387	$21.83	$4,842	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$3,988	$1,396	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,988	$1,396	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,988	$1,396	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,988	$1,396	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$3,988	$1,396	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$3,988	$1,396	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$3,988	$1,396	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$3,988	$1,396	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$3,988	$1,396	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$3,988	$1,396	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NC	$1,933	$1,353	—	—	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$2,780	$1,340	$1,279	$2,530	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$2,780	$1,340	$767	$2,530	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$3,764	$1,338	$958	$3,764	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$4,179	$1,463	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$4,179	$1,463	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$4,179	$1,463	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$2,526	$1,301	$329	$2,526	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,754	$1,297	$2,506	$2,506	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,754	$1,297	$647	$2,506	5 insurers
FIELD HEALTH SYSTEM	MS	$1,989	$1,492	—	—	2 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,494	—	—	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$2,095	$1,257	—	—	3 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$6,314	$1,531	$1,532	$6,314	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$8,129	$1,531	$1,532	$8,129	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$8,129	$1,531	$207	$8,129	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,764	$1,531	$613	$3,764	5 insurers
ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL	LA	$2,560	$1,536	—	—	0 insurers
LADD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,751	$1,226	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$2,905	$1,223	$505	$2,905	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,905	$1,223	$505	$2,905	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$5,203	$1,196	$262	$4,162	5 insurers
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$5,130	$1,194	$490	$5,130	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$2,780	$1,180	$2,029	$2,530	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$2,780	$1,180	$490	$2,530	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$2,905	$1,177	$505	$2,905	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,652	$1,591	—	—	5 insurers