Surgery and procedures CPT 45380 Outpatient

Colonoscopy with tissue sample in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

In Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Colonoscopy with tissue sample: from $1,134.40 to $21,707.90, with a median of $2,104.77. The lowest listed price is at Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,134.40Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital
Median$2,104.77half pay less
Highest$21,707.90in this market
Difference19.1×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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.

median
Lowest $1,134.40Highest $21,707.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital lowest Arlington, WA HC COLON - BIOPSY $1,134.40 $1,418.00 20%
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Overlake Medical Center & Clinics Bellevue, WA Hc 45380 Colon Biopsy $1,388.50 $2,777.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA COLONOSCOPY, W/BIOPSY, SINGLE OR MULTIPLE $2,104.77 $4,127.00 49%
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Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA ASC - COLONOSCOPY, FLEX, WITH BIOPSY, SINGLE OR MULTIPLE $2,104.77 $4,127.00 49%
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Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA Colonoscopy W/Biopsy $5,342.90 $5,342.90
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Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA Colonoscopy W/Biopsy $21,707.90
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Outpatient: lowest $1,134.40, median $2,104.77, highest $21,707.90 — a 19.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $2,104.77. 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.