CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy (diagnostic)

Facility: Maimonides Medical Center

Billing Code: 45378 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$990

about 1.0× the $950 Medicare rate · typically $265–$1,392

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$204

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $786 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $950 Fair price $990 This hospital $204 Cash price $2,078 Hospital's list price $2,078

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How this hospital compares to other NY hospitals

A typical price — 5 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 NY hospitals compared.

Cheapest $175 Priciest $302

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NY 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 $990 (about 1.0× the $950 Medicare rate). Maimonides Medical Center charges insurers about $204, or about $2,078 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Brooklyn, NY.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$81 - $4,574	9%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$53 - $4,181	6%
Aetnamajor	$104 - $1,161	11%
Cignamajor	$232 - $346	24%
Fidelis Care	$94 - $281	10%
MagnaCare	$5,830	614%
Molina	$208 - $232	22%
WellCare	$51 - $204	5%
+ 13 smaller / regional plans	$42 - $6,360

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 2,078), 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 Maimonides Medical Center 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 Maimonides Medical Center

Compare: Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at other NY hospitals

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