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Procedure price report · Nonoperative removal of foreign body

Flexible sigmoidoscopy with removal of a swallowed object

CPT 45332the billing code this page is about

A flexible scope is passed into the rectum and lower colon and a foreign object is removed through the scope.

Hospitals typically charge $1,161 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,043 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,224. Most fall between $452 and $2,622 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,043
States
49
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,043 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$268$526$1,161$2,156$3,366

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($268 vs $3,366).

How the prices are spread

$174 – $240: 32 hospitals$174$240 – $332: 57 hospitals$332 – $458: 81 hospitals$332$458 – $633: 86 hospitals$633 – $875: 120 hospitals$633$875 – $1,209: 129 hospitals$1,209 – $1,671: 137 hospitals$1,209$1,671 – $2,309: 112 hospitals$2,309 – $3,191: 91 hospitals$2,309$3,191 – $4,410: 97 hospitals$3,191median $1,161price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (942 of 1,043 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$174$24032
$240$33257
$332$45881
$458$63386
$633$875120
$875$1,209129
$1,209$1,671137
$1,671$2,309112
$2,309$3,19191
$3,191$4,41097

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,223
Median cash price$1,161
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.95×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,161.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $404 across 11 hospitalsNH$404Washington: median $1,025 across 19 hospitalsWA$1,025Idaho: median $1,519 across 12 hospitalsID$1,519Montana: median $693 across 11 hospitalsMT$693North Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,045 across 33 hospitalsMN$1,045Illinois: median $978 across 34 hospitalsIL$978Wisconsin: median $1,182 across 39 hospitalsWI$1,182Michigan: median $453 across 32 hospitalsMI$453New York: median $851 across 46 hospitalsNY$851Massachusetts: median $1,717 across 23 hospitalsMA$1,717Oregon: median $785 across 19 hospitalsOR$785Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $648 across 21 hospitalsIA$648Indiana: median $344 across 25 hospitalsIN$344Ohio: median $2,133 across 51 hospitalsOH$2,133Pennsylvania: median $1,414 across 53 hospitalsPA$1,414New Jersey: median $2,360 across 39 hospitalsNJ$2,360Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,704 across 86 hospitalsCA$2,704Utah: median $423 across 25 hospitalsUT$423Colorado: median $1,323 across 17 hospitalsCO$1,323Nebraska: median $682 across 17 hospitalsNE$682Missouri: median $1,261 across 27 hospitalsMO$1,261Kentucky: median $296 across 12 hospitalsKY$296West Virginia: median $420 across 18 hospitalsWV$420Virginia: median $1,210 across 15 hospitalsVA$1,210Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $314 across 12 hospitalsKS$314Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $673 across 17 hospitalsTN$673North Carolina: median $1,995 across 25 hospitalsNC$1,995South Carolina: median $2,147 across 27 hospitalsSC$2,147Oklahoma: median $427 across 25 hospitalsOK$427Louisiana: median $566 across 21 hospitalsLA$566Mississippi: median $952 across 13 hospitalsMS$952Alabama: median $1,068 across 13 hospitalsAL$1,068Georgia: median $859 across 40 hospitalsGA$859Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $708 across 59 hospitalsTX$708Florida: median $2,641 across 31 hospitalsFL$2,641
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,161. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA86$2,704+133%$1,203 – $3,366
Florida FL31$2,641+128%$780 – $3,344
New Jersey NJ39$2,360+103%$1,306 – $4,881
South Carolina SC27$2,147+85%$1,916 – $4,321
Ohio OH51$2,133+84%$1,267 – $2,899
North Carolina NC25$1,995+72%$1,157 – $1,995
Massachusetts MA23$1,717+48%$1,042 – $2,561
Idaho ID12$1,519+31%$683 – $3,234
Pennsylvania PA53$1,414+22%$419 – $3,253
Colorado CO17$1,323+14%$1,005 – $1,842
Missouri MO27$1,261+9%$495 – $1,915
Virginia VA15$1,210+4%$70 – $1,463
Wisconsin WI39$1,182+2%$669 – $2,197
Alabama AL13$1,068−8%$713 – $2,488
Minnesota MN33$1,045−10%$795 – $1,270
Washington WA19$1,025−12%$317 – $2,939
Illinois IL34$978−16%$379 – $3,009
Mississippi MS13$952−18%$357 – $1,127
Georgia GA40$859−26%$775 – $1,375
New York NY46$851−27%$339 – $1,420
Oregon OR19$785−32%$499 – $1,037
Texas TX59$708−39%$621 – $1,274
Montana MT11$693−40%$201 – $751
Nebraska NE17$682−41%$485 – $1,511
Tennessee TN17$673−42%$274 – $914
Iowa IA21$648−44%$430 – $998
Louisiana LA21$566−51%$371 – $1,133
Michigan MI32$453−61%$429 – $1,299
Oklahoma OK25$427−63%$173 – $1,463
Utah UT25$423−64%$329 – $491
West Virginia WV18$420−64%$110 – $2,068
New Hampshire NH11$404−65%$111 – $1,034
Indiana IN25$344−70%$241 – $728
Kansas KS12$314−73%$268 – $1,127
Kentucky KY12$296−75%$241 – $4,734
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,161.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care820$1,250$492 – $2,704
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access203$738$325 – $1,672
Ownership
For-profit108$1,196$656 – $3,234
Government176$1,175$431 – $2,200
Non-profit755$1,139$444 – $2,550
System affiliation
Part of a system856$1,194$482 – $2,704
Independent187$789$273 – $1,842

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,167
Median cash price$1,161
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

712 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,173 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,281; most fall between $438 and $2,704.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 712 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$241$541$1,173$2,284$3,366

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($241 vs $3,366).

Of the 775 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 712 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 38 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,043 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (26%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,125 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,043
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here48
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded32
Hospitals that filed this code1,125

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Nonoperative removal of foreign body family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Sigmoidoscopy Flx W/Rmvl Foreign Body.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Flexible sigmoidoscopy with removal of a swallowed object (CPT 45332) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-45332-flexible-sigmoidoscopy-with-removal-of-a-swallowed-object