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Procedure price report · Nonoperative removal of foreign body

Colonoscopy with removal of a swallowed or lodged object

CPT 45379the billing code this page is about

Examination of the colon with a flexible scope during which a foreign object found in the bowel is retrieved.

Hospitals typically charge $1,392 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,132 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,582. Most fall between $716 and $3,144 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,132
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 1,132 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
$514$797$1,392$2,820$4,410

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($514 vs $4,410).

How the prices are spread

$388 – $503: 49 hospitals$388$503 – $652: 87 hospitals$652 – $845: 120 hospitals$652$845 – $1,096: 144 hospitals$1,096 – $1,421: 129 hospitals$1,096$1,421 – $1,842: 100 hospitals$1,842 – $2,388: 113 hospitals$1,842$2,388 – $3,095: 105 hospitals$3,095 – $4,013: 89 hospitals$3,095$4,013 – $5,202: 91 hospitals$4,013median $1,392price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,027 of 1,132 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$388$50349
$503$65287
$652$845120
$845$1,096144
$1,096$1,421129
$1,421$1,842100
$1,842$2,388113
$2,388$3,095105
$3,095$4,01389
$4,013$5,20291

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,223
Median cash price$1,392
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.14×

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 $1,392.

Alaska: 7 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 $659 across 10 hospitalsNH$659Washington: median $875 across 24 hospitalsWA$875Idaho: median $1,293 across 13 hospitalsID$1,293Montana: median $1,047 across 15 hospitalsMT$1,047North Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,057 across 44 hospitalsMN$1,057Illinois: median $1,578 across 33 hospitalsIL$1,578Wisconsin: median $2,310 across 39 hospitalsWI$2,310Michigan: median $1,024 across 35 hospitalsMI$1,024New York: median $1,395 across 58 hospitalsNY$1,395Massachusetts: median $2,300 across 29 hospitalsMA$2,300Oregon: median $1,237 across 19 hospitalsOR$1,237Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,050 across 37 hospitalsIA$1,050Indiana: median $924 across 28 hospitalsIN$924Ohio: median $3,039 across 54 hospitalsOH$3,039Pennsylvania: median $1,869 across 65 hospitalsPA$1,869New Jersey: median $3,659 across 39 hospitalsNJ$3,659Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,376 across 84 hospitalsCA$2,376Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,088 across 20 hospitalsCO$2,088Nebraska: median $1,041 across 18 hospitalsNE$1,041Missouri: median $1,192 across 33 hospitalsMO$1,192Kentucky: median $1,640 across 12 hospitalsKY$1,640West Virginia: median $458 across 18 hospitalsWV$458Virginia: median $647 across 14 hospitalsVA$647Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $1,599 across 12 hospitalsNM$1,599Kansas: median $674 across 18 hospitalsKS$674Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,261 across 19 hospitalsTN$1,261North Carolina: median $1,600 across 19 hospitalsNC$1,600South Carolina: median $2,413 across 20 hospitalsSC$2,413Oklahoma: median $744 across 27 hospitalsOK$744Louisiana: median $915 across 29 hospitalsLA$915Mississippi: median $1,295 across 17 hospitalsMS$1,295Alabama: median $1,416 across 17 hospitalsAL$1,416Georgia: median $861 across 28 hospitalsGA$861Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $761 across 64 hospitalsTX$761Florida: median $2,820 across 34 hospitalsFL$2,820
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,392. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ39$3,659+163%$1,387 – $5,339
Ohio OH54$3,039+118%$1,224 – $3,630
Florida FL34$2,820+103%$1,572 – $4,407
South Carolina SC20$2,413+73%$833 – $2,413
California CA84$2,376+71%$959 – $5,202
Wisconsin WI39$2,310+66%$1,459 – $2,914
Massachusetts MA29$2,300+65%$1,498 – $3,661
Colorado CO20$2,088+50%$848 – $2,382
Pennsylvania PA65$1,869+34%$885 – $3,212
Kentucky KY12$1,640+18%$489 – $4,734
North Carolina NC19$1,600+15%$1,083 – $2,495
New Mexico NM12$1,599+15%$1,180 – $5,101
Illinois IL33$1,578+13%$579 – $2,976
Alabama AL17$1,416+2%$1,167 – $8,508
New York NY58$1,3950%$674 – $4,595
Mississippi MS17$1,295−7%$800 – $1,379
Idaho ID13$1,293−7%$1,004 – $3,234
Tennessee TN19$1,261−9%$333 – $1,465
Oregon OR19$1,237−11%$783 – $3,024
Missouri MO33$1,192−14%$731 – $2,987
Minnesota MN44$1,057−24%$759 – $2,788
Iowa IA37$1,050−25%$683 – $1,108
Montana MT15$1,047−25%$347 – $1,557
Nebraska NE18$1,041−25%$868 – $1,601
Michigan MI35$1,024−26%$533 – $1,645
Indiana IN28$924−34%$579 – $1,449
Louisiana LA29$915−34%$424 – $1,378
Washington WA24$875−37%$554 – $2,939
Georgia GA28$861−38%$861 – $4,221
Texas TX64$761−45%$610 – $1,883
Oklahoma OK27$744−47%$480 – $2,404
Kansas KS18$674−52%$492 – $905
New Hampshire NH10$659−53%$277 – $1,512
Virginia VA14$647−54%$157 – $1,463
West Virginia WV18$458−67%$246 – $963
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $1,392.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care850$1,500$761 – $3,439
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access262$1,024$581 – $2,310
Ownership
For-profit116$1,359$823 – $3,344
Government212$1,187$664 – $2,594
Non-profit800$1,414$715 – $3,234
System affiliation
Part of a system911$1,450$761 – $3,310
Independent221$1,109$564 – $2,115

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,755
Median cash price$1,392
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

725 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,420 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,651; most fall between $664 and $3,234.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 725 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
$492$761$1,420$2,981$4,410

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($492 vs $4,410).

Of the 792 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 725 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 41 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,132 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (29%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,216 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,132
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) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded34
Hospitals that filed this code1,216

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 Colonoscopy Flx W/Removal of Foreign Body(S).

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, “Colonoscopy with removal of a swallowed or lodged object (CPT 45379) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-45379-colonoscopy-with-removal-of-a-swallowed-or-lodged-object