CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Sanford Hillsboro

Billing Code: 45380 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$920

about 0.8× the $1,223 Medicare rate · typically $249–$1,767

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,787

Well above the fair price

about $867 over the fair price · 1.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,223 Fair price $920 This hospital $1,787 Cash price $1,846 Hospital's list price $2,308

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other ND hospitals

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

Cheapest $320 Priciest $1,787

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

A fair price for a Colonoscopy with biopsy is about $920 (about 0.8× the $1,223 Medicare rate). Sanford Hillsboro charges insurers about $1,787, or about $1,846 in cash — well above the fair price. Located in Hillsboro, ND.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $920. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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	$1,140 - $1,927	93%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,140 - $2,383	93%
Aetnamajor	$1,140 - $2,006	93%
Health Net	$2,077	170%
HealthPartners	$1,140 - $1,800	93%
Medica	$1,904 - $2,036	156%
Sanford Health Plan	$1,052 - $2,143	86%
Security Health Plan	$1,269	104%
UCare	$1,131 - $2,028	93%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$1,163 - $2,077

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

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 1,846), 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 Sanford Hillsboro 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 (%)

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Other Procedures at Sanford Hillsboro

Compare: Colonoscopy with biopsy at other ND hospitals

PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Fargo · Fargo $320
Southwest Healthcare Services · Bowman $363
CHI St Alexius Health Dickinson · Dickinson $960
CHI St Alexius Health Williston · Williston $996
Essentia Health · Fargo $1,179
Linton Hospital - Cah · Linton $1,203
Sanford Medical Center Fargo · Fargo $1,214
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck · Bismarck $1,214

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