Surgery and procedures CPT 45385 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Colonoscopy with polyp removal cost in Albuquerque, NM — inpatient

In Albuquerque, NM, 3 hospitals list a cash price for colonoscopy with polyp removal as an inpatient: from $849.60 to $1,213.50, with a median of $1,190.70. The lowest listed price is at Lovelace Womens Hospital — $341.10 less than the median here. Across New Mexico, the median is $2,193.09 at 12 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 45385, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$849.60Lovelace Womens Hospital

Median$1,190.70half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,213.50in this market

Difference1.4×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 Albuquerque, NM.

median

Lowest $849.60Highest $1,213.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Lovelace Womens Hospital lowest Albuquerque, NM Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file	$849.60	$2,832.00	$572.06–$3,085.00	70%
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque, NM · (505) 727-8000 Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file	$1,190.70	$3,969.00	$613.74–$3,085.00	70%
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque, NM · (505) 727-2001 Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file	$1,213.50	$4,045.00	$613.74–$3,085.00	70%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $849.60, median $1,190.70, highest $1,213.50 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,213.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 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

This colonoscopy includes removing one or more polyps or other growths using a wire loop (snare). Polyps are removed because some can turn into colon cancer over time.

What the price covers

The facility price covers the procedure room and recovery. The gastroenterologist, anesthesia and the pathology exam of removed polyps are billed separately.