Surgery and procedures HCPCS G0121 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Screening colonoscopy cost in Corning, NY — inpatient

In Corning, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for screening colonoscopy for a person at average risk (Medicare code) as an inpatient: from $289.80 to $4,206.24, with a median of $2,248.02. The lowest listed price is at St. James Hospital — $1,958.22 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $1,078.88 at 41 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code G0121, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$289.80St. James Hospital
Median$2,248.02half pay less
Highest$4,206.24in this market
Difference14.5×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 Corning, NY.

median
Lowest $289.80Highest $4,206.24

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St. James Hospital lowest Hornell, NY · (607) 324-8000 PR COLON CA SCRN NOT HI RSK IND $289.80 $486.00 — 40% —
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Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Scrn Colonoscopy Pt Not Hi Risk $4,206.24 $5,257.80 $490.20–$3,778.26 20% —
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Inpatient: lowest $289.80, median $2,248.02, highest $4,206.24 — a 14.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,248.02 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 is a routine colonoscopy for someone with no symptoms and no high-risk factors, done to find and prevent colorectal cancer. G0121 is a Medicare screening code; for people at average risk Medicare covers it once every 10 years, or 4 years after a screening sigmoidoscopy.

What the price covers

The facility price usually covers the procedure room and recovery. The gastroenterologist, anesthesia, the bowel-prep medicine and any pathology are usually billed or bought separately.