Colonoscopy with biopsy cost in California

In California, 81 hospitals publish a cash price for colonoscopy with tissue sample: from $498.00 to $61,772.00, with a median of $2,325.95. The lowest price is at Oroville Hospital (Oroville). The highest price is 124.0× the lowest.

• The median here, $2,325.95, is 20% above the US median of $1,931.59.
• That is 1.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($1,222.56).
• California ranks 34th of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
• 12 of 81 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 45380. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map