CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Merit Health Natchez

Billing Code: 45380 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,211

about 1.0× the $1,223 Medicare rate · typically $1,145–$1,386

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,148

About the fair price

about $63 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,223 Fair price $1,211 This hospital $1,148 Cash price $4,601 Hospital's list price $25,559

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other MS hospitals

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

Cheapest $167 Priciest $1,148

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MS 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 $1,211 (about 1.0× the $1,223 Medicare rate). Merit Health Natchez charges insurers about $1,148, or about $4,601 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Natchez, MS.

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	$898 - $3,898	73%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$693	57%
Aetnamajor	$1,154 - $14,415	94%
Cignamajor	$715	58%
Humanamajor	$3,898	319%
CareSource	$916	75%
Devoted Health	$1,142	93%
Molina	$970 - $1,699	79%
WellCare	$1,161	95%
+ 18 smaller / regional plans	$666 - $17,891

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 4,601), 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 Merit Health Natchez 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

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

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

Enter your details and press estimate to compare.

Other Procedures at Merit Health Natchez

Compare: Colonoscopy with biopsy at other MS hospitals

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