Surgery and procedures HCPCS G0121 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Screening colonoscopy cost in Monroe, LA — inpatient

In Monroe, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for screening colonoscopy for a person at average risk (Medicare code) as an inpatient: from $343.83 to $343.83, with a median of $343.83. Across Louisiana, the median is $645.68 at 35 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code G0121, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$343.83Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

Median$343.83half of hospitals charge less

Highest$343.83in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Monroe, LA · (318) 388-7000 HC COLONOSCOPY - AVERAGE RISK source file	$343.83	$1,494.90	—	77%

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 $343.83, median $343.83, highest $343.83.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $842.55 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.