CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy (diagnostic)

Facility: Mahaska Health Partnership

Billing Code: 45378 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$148

about 0.2× the $950 Medicare rate · typically $108–$726

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$153

About the fair price

about $5 over the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $950 Fair price $148 This hospital $153 Cash price $725 Hospital's list price $853

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How this hospital compares to other IA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 IA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $104 Priciest $153

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Colonoscopy (diagnostic) is about $148 (about 0.2× the $950 Medicare rate). Mahaska Health Partnership charges insurers about $153, or about $725 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Oskaloosa, IA.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Aetna✓ Humana Blue Cross Blue ShieldCignaKaiser Permanente

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	$153	16%
Aetnamajor	$153	16%
Humanamajor	$153	16%
Amerigroup	$153	16%
Molina	$853	90%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$157 - $175

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

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 725), 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: 45378.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Mahaska Health Partnership is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 45378.
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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Other Procedures at Mahaska Health Partnership

Compare: Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at other IA hospitals

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