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Procedure price report · Colonoscopy and biopsy

Colonoscopy with polyp removal by snare

CPT 45385the billing code this page is about

Examination of the colon with a flexible scope during which growths are removed with a wire loop placed around the base of the polyp.

Hospitals typically charge $1,548 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,903 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,778. Most fall between $810 and $3,435 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,903
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 1,903 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
$582$915$1,548$3,099$4,410

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($582 vs $4,410).

How the prices are spread

$464 – $596: 117 hospitals$464$596 – $765: 139 hospitals$765 – $983: 179 hospitals$765$983 – $1,262: 207 hospitals$1,262 – $1,621: 247 hospitals$1,262$1,621 – $2,082: 162 hospitals$2,082 – $2,674: 208 hospitals$2,082$2,674 – $3,434: 167 hospitals$3,434 – $4,411: 194 hospitals$3,434$4,411 – $5,664: 93 hospitals$4,411median $1,548price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,713 of 1,903 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$464$596117
$596$765139
$765$983179
$983$1,262207
$1,262$1,621247
$1,621$2,082162
$2,082$2,674208
$2,674$3,434167
$3,434$4,411194
$4,411$5,66493

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,223
Median cash price$1,548
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.27×

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 $1,548.

Alaska: median $2,724 across 13 hospitalsAK$2,724Maine: median $1,376 across 12 hospitalsME$1,376Vermont: median $1,156 across 12 hospitalsVT$1,156New Hampshire: median $1,322 across 19 hospitalsNH$1,322Washington: median $1,165 across 45 hospitalsWA$1,165Idaho: median $1,750 across 19 hospitalsID$1,750Montana: median $977 across 22 hospitalsMT$977North Dakota: median $1,476 across 24 hospitalsND$1,476Minnesota: median $1,266 across 78 hospitalsMN$1,266Illinois: median $1,971 across 66 hospitalsIL$1,971Wisconsin: median $2,425 across 58 hospitalsWI$2,425Michigan: median $1,137 across 60 hospitalsMI$1,137New York: median $1,395 across 78 hospitalsNY$1,395Massachusetts: median $1,904 across 40 hospitalsMA$1,904Oregon: median $1,124 across 39 hospitalsOR$1,124Nevada: median $1,301 across 11 hospitalsNV$1,301Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,404 across 16 hospitalsSD$1,404Iowa: median $1,156 across 77 hospitalsIA$1,156Indiana: median $1,181 across 50 hospitalsIN$1,181Ohio: median $3,321 across 102 hospitalsOH$3,321Pennsylvania: median $2,222 across 67 hospitalsPA$2,222New Jersey: median $2,360 across 41 hospitalsNJ$2,360Connecticut: median $3,374 across 17 hospitalsCT$3,374Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,425 across 97 hospitalsCA$2,425Utah: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,018 across 37 hospitalsCO$2,018Nebraska: median $1,214 across 60 hospitalsNE$1,214Missouri: median $1,440 across 64 hospitalsMO$1,440Kentucky: median $1,039 across 32 hospitalsKY$1,039West Virginia: median $885 across 28 hospitalsWV$885Virginia: median $1,537 across 32 hospitalsVA$1,537Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,731 across 16 hospitalsAZ$2,731New Mexico: median $2,124 across 26 hospitalsNM$2,124Kansas: median $1,078 across 65 hospitalsKS$1,078Arkansas: median $768 across 26 hospitalsAR$768Tennessee: median $1,261 across 32 hospitalsTN$1,261North Carolina: median $1,600 across 27 hospitalsNC$1,600South Carolina: median $2,585 across 32 hospitalsSC$2,585Oklahoma: median $1,536 across 35 hospitalsOK$1,536Louisiana: median $826 across 37 hospitalsLA$826Mississippi: median $1,595 across 35 hospitalsMS$1,595Alabama: median $1,332 across 26 hospitalsAL$1,332Georgia: median $1,529 across 45 hospitalsGA$1,529Hawaii: median $1,069 across 10 hospitalsHI$1,069Texas: median $1,196 across 96 hospitalsTX$1,196Florida: median $3,344 across 48 hospitalsFL$3,344
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,548. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Connecticut CT17$3,374+118%$1,674 – $4,214
Florida FL48$3,344+116%$2,110 – $4,407
Ohio OH102$3,321+114%$2,075 – $4,462
Arizona AZ16$2,731+76%$1,219 – $4,673
Alaska AK13$2,724+76%$689 – $4,244
South Carolina SC32$2,585+67%$1,453 – $4,174
California CA97$2,425+57%$1,368 – $3,668
Wisconsin WI58$2,425+57%$1,489 – $3,059
New Jersey NJ41$2,360+52%$1,387 – $5,110
Pennsylvania PA67$2,222+44%$1,360 – $4,331
New Mexico NM26$2,124+37%$850 – $3,625
Colorado CO37$2,018+30%$921 – $2,645
Illinois IL66$1,971+27%$973 – $3,547
Massachusetts MA40$1,904+23%$1,126 – $3,310
Idaho ID19$1,750+13%$946 – $3,234
North Carolina NC27$1,600+3%$1,083 – $2,773
Mississippi MS35$1,595+3%$917 – $3,533
Virginia VA32$1,537−1%$1,387 – $4,315
Oklahoma OK35$1,536−1%$545 – $3,228
Georgia GA45$1,529−1%$1,179 – $3,963
North Dakota ND24$1,476−5%$682 – $2,337
Missouri MO64$1,440−7%$892 – $4,293
South Dakota SD16$1,404−9%$1,128 – $2,094
New York NY78$1,395−10%$715 – $3,675
Maine ME12$1,376−11%$520 – $1,717
Alabama AL26$1,332−14%$1,068 – $4,384
New Hampshire NH19$1,322−15%$520 – $3,943
Nevada NV11$1,301−16%$1,190 – $2,162
Minnesota MN78$1,266−18%$715 – $2,155
Tennessee TN32$1,261−19%$544 – $2,373
Nebraska NE60$1,214−22%$813 – $3,108
Texas TX96$1,196−23%$761 – $2,989
Indiana IN50$1,181−24%$528 – $3,207
Washington WA45$1,165−25%$818 – $2,243
Vermont VT12$1,156−25%$869 – $3,652
Iowa IA77$1,156−25%$884 – $2,137
Michigan MI60$1,137−27%$725 – $2,183
Oregon OR39$1,124−27%$789 – $2,316
Kansas KS65$1,078−30%$639 – $1,877
Hawaii HI10$1,069−31%$566 – $1,945
Kentucky KY32$1,039−33%$594 – $4,734
Montana MT22$977−37%$370 – $2,335
West Virginia WV28$885−43%$371 – $1,652
Louisiana LA37$826−47%$500 – $1,758
Arkansas AR26$768−50%$579 – $1,886
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not 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 $1,548.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,219$1,741$865 – $3,786
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access660$1,282$695 – $2,425
Ownership
For-profit206$2,039$920 – $4,353
Government421$1,395$783 – $2,503
Non-profit1,271$1,600$810 – $3,466
System affiliation
Part of a system1,468$1,645$833 – $3,526
Independent435$1,311$659 – $2,645

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,688
Median cash price$1,548
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

1,038 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,529 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,712; most fall between $737 and $3,234.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,038 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
$547$824$1,529$2,916$3,778

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($547 vs $3,778).

Of the 1,146 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,038 gave a usable cash price; 39 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 69 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,903 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (48%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,053 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,903
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here80
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded10
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded60
Hospitals that filed this code2,053

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 Colonoscopy and biopsy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Colsc Flx W/Rmvl of Tumor Polyp Lesion Snare Tq.

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 polyp removal by snare (CPT 45385) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-45385-colonoscopy-with-polyp-removal-by-snare