Surgery and procedures CPT 45330 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Sigmoidoscopy cost in Meridian, MS — inpatient

In Meridian, MS, 3 hospitals list a cash price for flexible sigmoidoscopy, diagnostic (lower colon only) as an inpatient: from $250.15 to $748.62, with a median of $346.38. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Specialty Hospital — $96.23 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $770.96 at 31 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 45330, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Oct 2, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$250.15Ochsner Specialty Hospital

Median$346.38half of hospitals charge less

Highest$748.62in this market

Difference3.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Meridian, MS.

median

Lowest $250.15Highest $748.62

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Specialty Hospital lowest Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY DX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$250.15	$833.84	—	70%
Ochsner Rush Hospital Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY DX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$346.38	$1,117.34	—	69%
Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman, MS · (601) 776-6925 HC FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY DX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$748.62	$1,117.34	—	33%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $250.15, median $346.38, highest $748.62 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $547.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.