Colonoscopy with biopsy cost in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, 45 hospitals publish a cash price for colonoscopy with tissue sample: from $246.60 to $6,560.80, with a median of $2,214.00. The lowest price is at Meadville Medical Center (Meadville). The highest price is 26.6× the lowest.
- The median here, $2,214.00, is 15% above the US median of $1,931.59.
- That is 1.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($1,222.56).
- Pennsylvania ranks 32nd of 48 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
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 3, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$246.60Meadville Medical Center
Median$2,214.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$6,560.80in Pennsylvania
Lowest saves$1,967.40vs the median
Hospitals in Pennsylvania, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadville Medical Center lowest Meadville · Meadville, PA COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY | $246.60 | $411.00 | Sep 11, 2026 source file |
| Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Hc Colonoscopy W/Biopsy Single/Multiple | $992.80 | $2,482.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Paoli Hospital Paoli · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Hc Colonoscopy W/Biopsy Single/Multiple | $992.80 | $2,482.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Riddle Memorial Hospital Media · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Hc Colonoscopy W/Biopsy Single/Multiple | $992.80 | $2,482.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Hc Colonoscopy W/Biopsy Single/Multiple | $992.80 | $2,482.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Uniontown Hospital Uniontown · Pittsburgh, PA BIOPSY OF LARGE BOWEL USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE | $1,027.50 | $2,055.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre · Sayre, PA HC Fac Colonoscopy W/Biopsy Single/Multiple | $1,083.10 | $1,353.87 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda · Sayre, PA HC Fac Colonoscopy W/Biopsy Single/Multiple | $1,083.10 | $1,353.87 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy · Sayre, PA HC Fac Colonoscopy W/Biopsy Single/Multiple | $1,083.10 | $1,353.87 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lower Bucks Hospital Bristol · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Hc Colonoscopy,Biopsy | $1,177.00 | $3,002.69 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Hc Colonoscopy,Biopsy | $1,223.00 | $3,002.69 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Kane Kane · Bradford, PA COLONOSCOPY/BIOPSY/COLD F | $1,398.60 | $2,331.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Excela Health - Frick Hospital Mt Plesant · Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY WITH BIOPSY | $1,500.00 | $2,500.00 | Dec 17, 2025 source file |
| Excela Health Latrobe Hospital Latrobe · Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY WITH BIOPSY | $1,500.00 | $2,500.00 | Dec 17, 2025 source file |
| Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital Greeensburg · Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY WITH BIOPSY | $1,500.00 | $2,500.00 | Dec 17, 2025 source file |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital Honesdale · Honesdale, PA COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY | $1,507.10 | $2,153.00 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Bedford Everett · Everett, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $1,656.60 | $2,761.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Johnstown · Johnstown, PA Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple | $1,758.13 | $4,395.33 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Altoona Altoona · Altoona, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $1,764.60 | $2,941.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 45380 COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY Tech | $1,830.93 | $7,664.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Regional Health Network one side Reading · Reading, PA 45380 Colonoscopy Right W/Biops | $1,993.41 | $7,664.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Northwest Seneca · Oil City, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $2,132.40 | $3,554.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA HC COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $2,214.00 | $3,690.00 | Mar 7, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster · Lancaster, PA 45380 COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY Tech | $2,221.79 | $7,664.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 45380 COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY Tech | $2,411.86 | $7,664.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Horizon - Greenville Greenville · Hermitage, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $2,476.20 | $4,127.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Jameson New Castle · Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $2,476.20 | $4,127.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Geisinger Community Medical Center Scranton · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA HC COLONOSCOPY W/BX SGL/MULTI | $2,521.00 | $5,042.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center one side Hershey · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 45380 Colonoscopy Right W/Biops | $2,539.08 | $7,664.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Moses Taylor Hospital Scranton · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY | $2,701.08 | $10,004.00 | Dec 2, 2024 source file |
| Regional Hospital of Scranton Scranton · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY | $2,701.08 | $10,004.00 | Dec 2, 2024 source file |
| Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center Meadowbrook · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Colonscopy w/ Biopsy - ACU | $2,815.71 | $4,692.85 | Sep 21, 2026 source file |
| UPMC McKeesport McKeesport · Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $3,033.60 | $5,056.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC East Monroeville · Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $3,055.20 | $5,092.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Hamot Erie · Erie, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $3,099.00 | $5,165.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Muncy Muncy · Williamsport, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $3,252.60 | $5,421.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro · Wellsboro, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $3,252.60 | $5,421.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Williamsport Williamsport · Williamsport, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $3,252.60 | $5,421.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $3,349.80 | $5,583.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Wilkes-Barre · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA COLONOSCOPY AND BIOPSY | $3,764.16 | $15,684.00 | Dec 1, 2024 source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $4,330.80 | $7,218.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA HC COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $4,815.00 | $8,025.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $4,867.80 | $8,113.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA COLONOSCOPY W/BX SINGLE/MULT | $5,140.80 | $8,568.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| York Hospital York · York-Hanover, PA Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | $6,560.80 | — | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
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
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh, PA | 13 | $1,027.50 | $3,033.60 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 7 | $992.80 | $992.80 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 4 | $2,521.00 | $2,701.08 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 3 | $1,830.93 | $2,411.86 |
| Sayre, PA | 3 | $1,083.10 | $1,083.10 |
| Williamsport, PA | 2 | $3,252.60 | $3,252.60 |
| Altoona, PA | 1 | $1,764.60 | $1,764.60 |
| Bradford, PA | 1 | $1,398.60 | $1,398.60 |
| Everett, PA | 1 | $1,656.60 | $1,656.60 |
| Erie, PA | 1 | $3,099.00 | $3,099.00 |
| Honesdale, PA | 1 | $1,507.10 | $1,507.10 |
| Hermitage, PA | 1 | $2,476.20 | $2,476.20 |
| Johnstown, PA | 1 | $1,758.13 | $1,758.13 |
| Lancaster, PA | 1 | $2,221.79 | $2,221.79 |
| Meadville, PA | 1 | $246.60 | $246.60 |
| Oil City, PA | 1 | $2,132.40 | $2,132.40 |
| Reading, PA | 1 | $1,993.41 | $1,993.41 |
| Wellsboro, PA | 1 | $3,252.60 | $3,252.60 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 1 | $6,560.80 | $6,560.80 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What colonoscopy with biopsy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Colonoscopy with biopsy explained.
Colonoscopy with tissue sample in other states
- Alabama$2,203.41
- Alaska$1,799.73
- Arizona$3,059.75
- Arkansas$762.95
- California$2,325.95
- Colorado$2,544.00
- Connecticut$4,213.78
- Delaware$2,291.22, 4 hospitals
- Florida$3,597.60
- Georgia$1,391.58
- Hawaii$6,407.80
- Idaho$2,702.40
- Illinois$2,743.50
- Indiana$2,950.97
- Iowa$1,701.75
- Kansas$1,576.00
- Kentucky$1,914.41
- Louisiana$846.30
- Maine$1,545.34
- Maryland$2,709.58, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$2,338.70
- Michigan$1,771.89
- Minnesota$1,602.13
- Mississippi$1,291.72
- Missouri$1,508.87
- Montana$1,920.00
- Nebraska$2,361.16
- Nevada$1,368.30
- New Hampshire$1,758.43
- New Jersey$1,588.55
- New Mexico$1,935.28
- New York$1,395.28
- North Carolina$1,605.73
- North Dakota$1,846.40
- Ohio$3,336.40
- Oklahoma$1,564.05
- Oregon$1,945.11
- Puerto Rico$538.99
- Rhode Island$3,101.40
- South Carolina$4,174.20
- South Dakota$1,766.40
- Tennessee$1,261.31
- Texas$1,450.80
- Utah$2,274.18, 4 hospitals
- Vermont$3,751.50
- Virginia$1,748.19
- Washington$2,242.95
- West Virginia$1,608.50
- Wisconsin$2,043.51
- Wyoming$1,963.94
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.