Sigmoidoscopy cost in Wheeling, WV
In Wheeling, WV-OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for flexible sigmoidoscopy, diagnostic (lower colon only): from $552.33 to $1,069.00, with a median of $810.67. The lowest listed price is at Reynolds Memorial Hospital — $258.34 less than the median here. Across West Virginia, the median is $840.00 at 13 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 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 Jul 9, 2026 and Jul 9, 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 Wheeling, WV-OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital lowest Glen Dale, WV · (304) 843-3230 DIAGNOSTIC EXAM OF LOWER PORTION OF LARGE BOWEL USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE | $552.33 | $1,104.66 | $55.81–$1,553.48 | 50% | — source file |
| Wheeling Hospital Wheeling, WV · (304) 243-3000 DIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $1,069.00 | $2,138.00 | $53.15–$3,792.22 | 50% | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Wheeling Hospital Wheeling, WV · (304) 243-3000 DIAGNOSTIC EXAM OF LOWER PORTION OF LARGE BOWEL USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE | $1,181.50 | $2,363.00 | $53.15–$3,792.22 | 50% | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $552.33, median $810.67, highest $1,069.00 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Barnesville Hospital Association Barnesville, OHDIAGNOSTIC SIGMOIDOSCOPY | $65.00 | file |