CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy (diagnostic)

Facility: St Louis Childrens Hospital

Billing Code: 45378 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$720

about 0.8× the $950 Medicare rate · typically $401–$2,294

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$650

About the fair price

about $70 under the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $950 Fair price $720 This hospital $650 Cash price $5,766 Hospital's list price $9,609

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How this hospital compares to other MO hospitals

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

Cheapest $158 Priciest $650

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MO 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 $720 (about 0.8× the $950 Medicare rate). St Louis Childrens Hospital charges insurers about $650, or about $5,766 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Saint Louis, MO.

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✓ 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	$366 - $6,278	39%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$915 - $2,617	96%
Aetnamajor	$366	39%
Cignamajor	$2,341 - $2,584	246%
Humanamajor	$915 - $3,545	96%
Medica	$384 - $3,807	40%
Priority Health	$2,584	272%
+ 13 smaller / regional plans	$384 - $6,278

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 5,766), 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 Louis Childrens Hospital 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 Louis Childrens Hospital

Compare: Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at other MO hospitals

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