Colonoscopy cost in California

In California, 103 hospitals publish a cash price for colonoscopy, diagnostic: from $286.50 to $7,000.00, with a median of $2,080.00. The lowest price is at Pioneers Memorial Hospital (Brawley). The highest price is 24.4× the lowest.

• The median here, $2,080.00, is 15% above the US median of $1,808.81.
• That is 2.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($950.10).
• California ranks 34th of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
• 13 of 103 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 45378. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map