Surgery and procedures CPT 45385 Outpatient

Colonoscopy with polyp removal in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Colonoscopy with polyp removal: from $3,466.40 to $3,668.40, with a median of $3,466.40. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose.

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

Lowest$3,466.40Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose
Median$3,466.40half pay less
Highest$3,668.40in this market
Difference1.1×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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

median
Lowest $3,466.40Highest $3,668.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose lowest San Jose, CA COLSC FLX W/RMVL OF TUMOR POLYP LESION SNARE TQ $3,466.40 $6,190.00 44%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA COLSC FLX W/RMVL OF TUMOR POLYP LESION SNARE TQ $3,466.40 $6,190.00 44%
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Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA Colsc Flx Prox Splenic Flxr Rmvl Les Snare Tq $3,668.40 $9,171.00 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $3,466.40, median $3,466.40, highest $3,668.40 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $3,466.40. 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 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.