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Colonoscopy cost in Colorado without insurance

In Colorado, the median cash price for Colonoscopy is $2,018.88 across 14 hospitals, from $352.50 to $5,380.76. The lowest is at Vail Health Hospital (Vail). The US median is $1,808.00.

Colorado's Hospital Discounted Care law (HB21-1198): for qualifying patients with household income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level, hospitals and the clinicians who work in them may charge no more than the greater of the Medicare rate or the Medicaid base rate, and monthly payments are capped. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital to screen you for discounted care. Other states' laws.

A colonoscopy examines the whole colon with a flexible camera, and one procedure usually produces several bills: the facility, the gastroenterologist, anesthesia, and pathology if tissue is removed. The key price detail is that a planned exam can become a biopsy (45380) or polyp removal (45385) during the procedure, which changes the code and adds a pathology charge.

Collected Nov 10, 2026 One price per hospital: its lowest outpatient cash price for the code

Colonoscopy prices in Colorado by type

45378 is a diagnostic colonoscopy with nothing removed and is used in the state table; 45380 adds biopsies and 45385 adds polyp removal with a snare. G0121 and G0105 are Medicare screening codes for average-risk and high-risk patients, 45330 is a flexible sigmoidoscopy of the lower colon only, and 82274 is the at-home stool test (FIT).

ProcedureHospitalsRangeMedianUS median
Colonoscopy Colonoscopy, diagnostic · code 45378 14 $352.50–$5,380.76 $2,018.88 $1,808.00
Colonoscopy with biopsy Colonoscopy with tissue sample · code 45380 15 $796.67–$6,974.61 $2,544.00 $1,928.58
Colonoscopy with polyp removal Colonoscopy with polyp removal · code 45385 14 $881.51–$9,572.69 $2,594.30 $2,074.75
Screening colonoscopy Screening colonoscopy for a person at average risk (Medicare code) · code G0121 13 $352.50–$6,428.14 $2,292.87 $1,658.13
High-risk screening colonoscopy Screening colonoscopy, high risk of colorectal cancer (Medicare code) · code G0105 12 $352.50–$8,067.67 $2,160.90 $1,676.50
Sigmoidoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy, diagnostic (lower colon only) · code 45330 11 $352.50–$2,733.00 $756.44 $1,203.93
FIT stool test Stool test for hidden blood by immunoassay (FIT) · code 82274 34 $14.07–$945.00 $95.84 $53.38
Stool blood test (FOBT) Stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT) · code 82270 44 $3.18–$859.00 $37.64 $26.48
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Middle 80% Cash prices of most hospitals: a tenth of hospitals charge less than the first number (P10), a tenth charge more than the second (P90). More
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Outpatient cash prices in Colorado. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest cash price for the code; prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Pick a procedure to compare every hospital in the state.

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Paying cash: what to do

  • Ask for a self-pay quote that covers the facility, the gastroenterologist and anesthesia, and ask which of them bill separately.
  • Ask for prices for 45380 and 45385 as well, since no one knows in advance whether a biopsy or polyp removal will be needed.
  • Ambulatory surgery centers often charge less than hospital outpatient departments for the same colonoscopy, so ask the gastroenterologist where they perform it.