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Colonoscopy cost in New York without insurance

In New York, the median cash price for Colonoscopy is $1,945.66 across 66 hospitals, from $245.10 to $8,704.24. The lowest is at Bertrand Chaffee Hospital (Springville). The US median is $1,808.00.

New York law (Public Health Law §2807-k(9-a), as amended in October 2024): uninsured patients with income below 200% of the federal poverty level owe nothing for emergency and medically necessary hospital care; up to 400% they pay on a sliding scale of at most 10% or 20% of what Medicaid would pay. Emergency care is covered for New York residents, other care for people living in the hospital's service area; immigration status does not count. Ask for the Uniform Hospital Financial Assistance form. 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 11, 2026 One price per hospital: its lowest outpatient cash price for the code

Colonoscopy prices in New York 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 66 $245.10–$8,704.24 $1,945.66 $1,808.00
Colonoscopy with biopsy Colonoscopy with tissue sample · code 45380 60 $160.80–$9,454.59 $1,395.28 $1,928.58
Colonoscopy with polyp removal Colonoscopy with polyp removal · code 45385 57 $202.80–$8,431.60 $1,918.00 $2,074.75
Screening colonoscopy Screening colonoscopy for a person at average risk (Medicare code) · code G0121 54 $245.00–$9,426.70 $1,543.69 $1,658.13
High-risk screening colonoscopy Screening colonoscopy, high risk of colorectal cancer (Medicare code) · code G0105 49 $147.60–$12,611.02 $1,078.88 $1,676.50
Sigmoidoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy, diagnostic (lower colon only) · code 45330 71 $98.00–$9,454.59 $1,994.00 $1,203.93
FIT stool test Stool test for hidden blood by immunoassay (FIT) · code 82274 98 $12.80–$22,950.00 $49.00 $53.38
Stool blood test (FOBT) Stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT) · code 82270 104 $3.43–$194.47 $14.23 $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 New York. 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.