CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr Ctr

Billing Code: 45380 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,733

about 1.4× the $1,223 Medicare rate · typically $1,156–$2,728

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $1,223 Fair price $1,733 Cash price $2,756 Hospital's list price $3,675

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$2,345	192%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$232 - $2,940	19%
Aetnamajor	$1,838 - $2,756	150%
Cignamajor	$2,334 - $2,345	191%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$1,091 - $2,572	89%
Health Net	$1,443 - $2,756	118%
Molina	$1,091 - $1,856	89%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$1,121 - $2,756

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 2,756), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 45380.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr Ctr is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 45380.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

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Other Procedures at Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr Ctr

Compare: Colonoscopy with biopsy at other CA hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.