Surgery and procedures CPT 45330 Outpatient

Sigmoidoscopy cost in Waterbury, CT

In Waterbury, CT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for flexible sigmoidoscopy, diagnostic (lower colon only): from $125.00 to $3,147.11, with a median of $1,636.06. The lowest listed price is at Saint Marys Hospital — $1,511.06 less than the median here. Across Connecticut, the median is $2,255.37 at 10 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Mar 31, 2026 and May 13, 2026.

Lowest$125.00Saint Marys Hospital
Median$1,636.06half pay less
Highest$3,147.11in this market
Difference25.2×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 Waterbury, CT.

median
Lowest $125.00Highest $3,147.11

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Saint Marys Hospital lowest Waterbury, CT · (203) 709-6020 PR Sigmoidoscopy Flexible Diagnostic W/Collection Specimen Brushing/Washing $125.00 $125.00 $17.15–$125.00 — Mar 31, 2026
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Saint Marys Hospital Waterbury, CT · (203) 709-6020 HC Sigmoidoscopy Flexible Diagnostic W/Collection of Specimen(S) by Brushing/Washing $2,316.05 — $1,029.66–$3,306.63 — Mar 31, 2026
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UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, CT · (203) 573-6000 Sigmoidoscopy flexible; diagnostic including collection of specimen when performed $3,147.11 $6,294.22 $1,654.00–$5,630.00 50% May 13, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $125.00, median $1,636.06, highest $3,147.11 — a 25.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,765.56. 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 1 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.