Screening colonoscopy cost in Rochester, NY
In Rochester, NY, 6 hospitals list a cash price for screening colonoscopy for a person at average risk (Medicare code): from $355.99 to $2,393.41, with a median of $965.68. The lowest listed price is at F.F. Thompson Hospital — $609.69 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $1,078.88 at 41 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 cities for code G0121, 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.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Rochester, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F.F. Thompson Hospital lowest Canandaigua, NY · (585) 396-6000 PR COLON CA SCRN NOT HI RSK IND | $355.99 | $597.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY · (585) 335-6001 PR COLON CA SCRN NOT HI RSK IND | $463.33 | $777.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 275-2121 PR COLON CA SCRN NOT HI RSK IND | $827.50 | $1,655.00 | $134.81–$1,663.60 | 50% | — source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 275-2121 Colon ca scrn not hi rsk ind | $1,103.85 | — | $1,130.45–$2,299.45 | — | — source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 341-6711 Colon ca scrn not hi rsk ind | $1,103.85 | — | $1,101.56–$1,971.48 | — | — source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING COLONOSCOPY NOT HIGH RISK PT | $2,393.41 | $3,682.17 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING COLONOSCOPY NOT HIGH RISK PT | $2,393.41 | $3,682.17 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 275-2121 Colon Ca Scrn Not Hi Rsk Ind | $2,852.60 | — | — | — | — source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 341-6711 Colon Ca Scrn Not Hi Rsk Ind | $2,852.60 | — | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $355.99, median $965.68, highest $2,393.41 — a 6.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $827.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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.