Sigmoidoscopy cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 14 hospitals list a cash price for flexible sigmoidoscopy, diagnostic (lower colon only): from $355.50 to $2,771.72, with a median of $598.20. The lowest listed price is at Uniontown Hospital — $242.70 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $1,158.00 at 54 hospitals.
- The median here, $598.20, is 50% below the US median of $1,203.93.
- That is 0.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($950.10).
- Pittsburgh, PA has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Pennsylvania with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 8 cities for code 45330, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 7, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 17, 2025 and Oct 28, 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 Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniontown Hospital lowest Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 DIAGNOSTIC EXAM OF LOWER PORTION OF LARGE BOWEL USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $355.50 | $711.00 | $58.47–$2,100.19 | 50% |
| UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA · (412) 664-2000 FLEX SIG DIAG W/WO BRUSHING File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $598.20 | $997.00 | $58.47–$1,705.45 | 40% |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 FLEX SIG DIAG W/WO BRUSHING File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $598.20 | $997.00 | $58.47–$2,072.59 | 40% |
| UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 692-5325 FLEX SIG DIAG W/WO BRUSHING File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $598.20 | $997.00 | $56.74–$1,432.53 | 40% |
| UPMC East Monroeville, PA · (412) 357-3000 FLEX SIG DIAG W/WO BRUSHING File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $598.20 | $997.00 | $58.47–$2,014.38 | 40% |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 367-6700 HC FLEX SIG DIAG W/WO BRUSHING File of Mar 7, 2026 · source file | $598.20 | $997.00 | $58.47–$2,014.38 | 40% |
| UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA · (724) 656-4100 FLEX SIG DIAG W/WO BRUSHING File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $598.20 | $997.00 | $58.47–$1,173.43 | 40% |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 784-4000 FLEX SIG DIAG W/WO BRUSHING File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $598.20 | $997.00 | $58.47–$2,014.38 | 40% |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC FLEX SIG DIAG W/WO BRUSHING File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $634.20 | $1,057.00 | $58.47–$1,962.99 | 40% |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 647-2345 FLEX SIG DIAG W/WO BRUSHING File of Mar 6, 2026 · source file | $748.80 | $1,248.00 | $58.47–$2,302.88 | 40% |
| Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital Greeensburg, PA · (724) 832-4000 FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY File of Dec 17, 2025 · source file | $1,170.00 | $1,950.00 | $187.00–$2,421.64 | 40% |
| Excela Health - Frick Hospital Mt Plesant, PA · (724) 547-1500 FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY File of Dec 17, 2025 · source file | $1,170.00 | $1,950.00 | $3.20–$59.50 | 40% |
| Excela Health Latrobe Hospital Latrobe, PA · (724) 832-4000 FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY File of Dec 17, 2025 · source file | $1,170.00 | $1,950.00 | $187.00–$2,421.64 | 40% |
| Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 359-3131 HC BEDSIDE DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $2,771.72 | $3,647.00 | $45.85–$3,057.14 | 24% |
Outpatient: lowest $355.50, median $598.20, highest $2,771.72 — a 7.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 15 facilities here, median $634.20. 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 13 of 14 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 sigmoidoscopy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Sigmoidoscopy explained.