CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy (diagnostic)

Facility: Thayer County Health Services

Billing Code: 45378 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$782

about 0.8× the $950 Medicare rate · typically $226–$2,227

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $950 Fair price $782 Cash price $579 Hospital's list price $724

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield AetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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	$500	53%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$688 - $724	72%
Medica	$7,200	758%
Molina	$500	53%

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 579), 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 Thayer County Health Services 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

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

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Other Procedures at Thayer County Health Services

Compare: Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at other NE hospitals

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