SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Colonoscopy with polyp removal in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 5 cities for code 45385, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Boston Medical Center Brighton BOSTON, MA
HC Colsc Flx W/Rmvl of Tumor Polyp Lesion Snare Tq
$787.95 $1,751.00 55%
file
Boston Medical Center South BROCKTON, MA
HC Colsc Flx W/Rmvl of Tumor Polyp Lesion Snare Tq
$787.95 $1,751.00 55%
file
Boston Medical Center BOSTON, MA
HC Colsc Flx W/Rmvl of Tumor Polyp Lesion Snare Tq
$1,558.80 $3,464.00 55%
file
Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA
HC Colsc Flx W/Rmvl of Tumor Polyp Lesion Snare Tq
$1,743.00 $2,490.00 30%
file
Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, MA
HC Removal Tumor/Polyp by Snare
$1,825.00 $1,825.00
file
MELROSEWAKEFIELD HEALTHCARE MELROSE, MA
HC Colsc Flx W/Rmvl of Tumor Polyp Lesion Snare Tq
$2,524.90 $3,607.00 30%
file
Lowell General Hospital LOWELL, MA
HC Colsc Flx W/Rmvl of Tumor Polyp Lesion Snare Tq
$2,704.80 $3,864.00 30%
file
Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, MA
HC Removal Tumor/Polyp by Snare
$4,863.23 $4,863.23
file

Outpatient: lowest $787.95, median $1,784.00, highest $4,863.23 — a 6.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $1,743.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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