Colonoscopy with tissue sample in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for Colonoscopy with tissue sample: from $1,027.50 to $5,140.80, with a median of $3,202.50. The lowest listed price is at Uniontown Hospital.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 5 cities for code 45380, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Mar 6, 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 | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniontown Hospital lowest Uniontown, PA BIOPSY OF LARGE BOWEL USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE | $1,027.50 | $2,055.00 | 50% | — source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA HC COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $2,214.00 | $3,690.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $2,476.20 | $4,127.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $3,033.60 | $5,056.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC East Monroeville, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $3,055.20 | $5,092.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $3,349.80 | $5,583.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $4,330.80 | $7,218.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA HC COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $4,815.00 | $8,025.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $4,867.80 | $8,113.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $5,140.80 | $8,568.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,027.50, median $3,202.50, highest $5,140.80 — a 5.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $3,349.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
This colonoscopy looks at the entire colon and takes one or more small tissue samples (biopsies) with tiny forceps. Biopsies can check for inflammation, infection or abnormal cells.
What the price covers
The facility price covers the procedure room and recovery. The gastroenterologist, anesthesia and the pathologist who examines the samples bill separately.
7 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 45380 ($1,518.24). 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.
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PAPR COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $105.83 | file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Monroeville, PAPR COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $122.54 | file |
| Canonsburg General Hospital Canonsburg, PAPR COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $122.54 | file |
| Alle-Kiski Medical Center Natrona Heights, PAPR COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $128.11 | file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Pittsburgh, PAPR COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $133.68 | file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Wexford, PAPR COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $144.82 | file |
| West Penn Allegheny Health System INC Pittsburgh, PAPR COLONOSCOPY W/BIOPSY SINGLE/MULTIPLE | $150.39 | file |