Sigmoidoscopy cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for flexible sigmoidoscopy, diagnostic (lower colon only): from $1,482.93 to $6,039.48, with a median of $2,076.98. The lowest listed price is at Bluffton Regional Medical Center — $594.05 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $581.00 at 21 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 45330, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center lowest Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $1,482.93 | $6,178.87 | $166.40–$5,560.98 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $2,076.98 | $6,923.28 | $50.08–$6,230.95 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $6,039.48 | $22,368.45 | $166.40–$20,131.61 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,482.93, median $2,076.98, highest $6,039.48 — a 4.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $122.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A flexible sigmoidoscopy uses a thin camera to look at the rectum and the lower part of the colon, not the whole colon. It is used to check symptoms like bleeding or changes in bowel habits, and sometimes for screening.
What the price covers
The listed price usually covers the procedure. The doctor's fee may be billed separately, and a biopsy or polyp removal changes the code and adds pathology.
24 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 45330 ($1,009.14). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN45330 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $58.80 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN45330,53,GA DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY,WAIVER OF LI | $58.80 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN45330,53,33 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY,PREVENTIVE S | $58.80 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN45330,53 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $58.80 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN45330,52,GY DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY,ITEM OR SERV | $58.80 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN45330,52 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $58.80 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN45330,52 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $66.15 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN45330,52,GY DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY,ITEM OR SERV | $66.15 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN45330,53 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $66.15 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN45330,53,33 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY,PREVENTIVE S | $66.15 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN45330,53,GA DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY,WAIVER OF LI | $66.15 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN45330 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $66.15 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN45330,52 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $66.15 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN45330,52,GY DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY,ITEM OR SERV | $66.15 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN45330,53 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $66.15 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN45330,53,33 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY,PREVENTIVE S | $66.15 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN45330,53,GA DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY,WAIVER OF LI | $66.15 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN45330 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $66.15 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN45330 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $73.50 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN45330,53,GA DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY,WAIVER OF LI | $73.50 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN45330,53,33 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY,PREVENTIVE S | $73.50 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN45330,53 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $73.50 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN45330,52,GY DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY,ITEM OR SERV | $73.50 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN45330,52 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $73.50 | file |