CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Carolina East Medical Center

Billing Code: 45380 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$423

about 0.3× the $1,223 Medicare rate · typically $257–$1,598

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$403

About the fair price

about $20 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,223 Fair price $423 This hospital $403 Cash price $1,335 Hospital's list price $2,225

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How this hospital compares to other NC hospitals

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

Cheapest $318 Priciest $491

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NC 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 $423 (about 0.3× the $1,223 Medicare rate). Carolina East Medical Center charges insurers about $403, or about $1,335 in cash — about the fair price. Located in New Bern, NC.

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	$525 - $2,097	43%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,047 - $2,023	86%
Aetnamajor	$1,329 - $2,614	109%
Cignamajor	$1,365 - $2,684	112%
Humanamajor	$169 - $1,144	14%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$169 - $2,664

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 6 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 1,335), 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 Carolina East Medical Center 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 Carolina East Medical Center

Compare: Colonoscopy with biopsy at other NC hospitals

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