SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Colonoscopy with polyp removal in Pittsburgh, PA

Cash prices at 13 facilities across 7 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 Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
ALLE-KISKI MEDICAL CENTER NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA
PR COLSC FLX W/RMVL OF TUMOR POLYP LESION SNARE TQ
$161.69 $703.00 77% Apr 14, 2026
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WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC PITTSBURGH, PA
PR COLSC FLX W/RMVL OF TUMOR POLYP LESION SNARE TQ
$168.72 $703.00 76% Apr 14, 2026
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WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC WEXFORD, PA
PR COLSC FLX W/RMVL OF TUMOR POLYP LESION SNARE TQ
$182.78 $703.00 74% Apr 14, 2026
file
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC PITTSBURGH, PA
PR COLSC FLX W/RMVL OF TUMOR POLYP LESION SNARE TQ
$189.81 $703.00 73% Apr 14, 2026
file
Uniontown Hospital UNIONTOWN, PA
REMOVAL OF POLYPS OR GROWTHS OF LARGE BOWEL USING AN ENDOSCOPE WITH MECHANICAL SNARE
$811.00 $1,622.00 50%
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Uniontown Hospital UNIONTOWN, PA
COLONOSCOPY W/LESION REMOVAL
$1,375.50 $2,751.00 50%
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UPMC Jameson NEW CASTLE, PA
COLONOSCOPY W/SNARE TECHNIQUE
$2,476.20 $4,127.00 40%
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UPMC East MONROEVILLE, PA
COLONOSCOPY W/SNARE TECHNIQUE
$3,055.20 $5,092.00 40%
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UPMC Mercy PITTSBURGH, PA
COLONOSCOPY W/SNARE TECHNIQUE
$3,349.80 $5,583.00 40%
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UPMC Presbyterian PITTSBURGH, PA
COLONOSCOPY W/SNARE TECHNIQUE
$4,330.80 $7,218.00 40% Mar 6, 2026
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UPMC St Margaret PITTSBURGH, PA
COLONOSCOPY W/SNARE TECHNIQUE
$4,436.40 $7,394.00 40%
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UPMC Passavant - McCandless PITTSBURGH, PA
HC COLONOSCOPY W/SNARE TECHNIQUE
$4,705.20 $7,842.00 40%
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UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, PA
COLONOSCOPY W/SNARE TECHNIQUE
$5,056.80 $8,428.00 40% Mar 6, 2026
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UPMC McKeesport MCKEESPORT, PA
COLONOSCOPY W/SNARE TECHNIQUE
$5,461.80 $9,103.00 40%
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UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital PITTSBURGH, PA
HC COLONOSCOPY W/SNARE TECHNIQUE
$5,583.00 $9,305.00 40%
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Outpatient: lowest $161.69, median $3,055.20, highest $5,583.00 — a 34.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $4,436.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 45385 ($1,587.48). 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, PA
PR COLSC FLX W/RMVL OF TUMOR POLYP LESION SNARE TQ
$133.57 file
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC MONROEVILLE, PA
PR COLSC FLX W/RMVL OF TUMOR POLYP LESION SNARE TQ
$154.66 file
CANONSBURG GENERAL HOSPITAL CANONSBURG, PA
PR COLSC FLX W/RMVL OF TUMOR POLYP LESION SNARE TQ
$154.66 file

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