CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy (diagnostic)

Facility: St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City

Billing Code: 45378 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$174

about 0.2× the $950 Medicare rate · typically $155–$759

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$162

About the fair price

about $12 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $950 Fair price $174 This hospital $162

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other KS hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other KS hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $155 Priciest $239

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

A fair price for a Colonoscopy (diagnostic) is about $174 (about 0.2× the $950 Medicare rate). St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City charges insurers about $162 — about the fair price. Located in Garden City, KS.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana✓ Kaiser 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	$162	17%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$162 - $1,566	17%
Aetnamajor	$162	17%
Cignamajor	$162	17%
Humanamajor	$162	17%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$162	17%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$162

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

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, 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 St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City 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 St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City

Compare: Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at other KS hospitals

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