CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy with biopsy

Facility: University of Michigan Health System

Billing Code: 45380 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$291

about 0.2× the $1,223 Medicare rate · typically $189–$1,457

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$273

About the fair price

about $18 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,223 Fair price $291 This hospital $273 Cash price $1,673 Hospital's list price $4,183

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How this hospital compares to other MI hospitals

A typical price — 3 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 MI hospitals compared.

Cheapest $150 Priciest $280

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MI 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 with biopsy is about $291 (about 0.2× the $1,223 Medicare rate). University of Michigan Health System charges insurers about $273, or about $1,673 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Ann Arbor, MI.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$127 - $3,820	10%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$127 - $1,999	10%
Aetnamajor	$127 - $3,454	10%
Humanamajor	$203 - $359	17%
Ambetter (Centene)	$127 - $273	10%
AmeriHealth	$163 - $287	13%
Health Net	$735 - $3,663	60%
Meridian	$203 - $359	17%
Molina	$127 - $366	10%
Paramount	$203 - $4,343	17%
Priority Health	$127 - $5,233	10%
+ 20 smaller / regional plans	$127 - $4,448

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (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 1,673), 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 University of Michigan Health System 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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Other Procedures at University of Michigan Health System

Compare: Colonoscopy with biopsy at other MI hospitals

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