CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Penn State Health St. Joseph

Billing Code: 45380 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$1,055

about 0.9× the $1,223 Medicare rate · typically $278–$1,363

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,217

Above the fair price

about $162 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,223 Fair price $1,055 This hospital $1,217 Cash price $1,993 Hospital's list price $7,664

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other PA hospitals

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

Cheapest $225 Priciest $1,217

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

A fair price for a Colonoscopy with biopsy is about $1,055 (about 0.9× the $1,223 Medicare rate). Penn State Health St. Joseph charges insurers about $1,217, or about $1,993 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Reading, PA.

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 $1,055. 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.

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	$1,217 - $5,189	100%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,034 - $6,615	85%
Aetnamajor	$1,229 - $3,914	101%
Cignamajor	$4,702	385%
Humanamajor	$1,229	101%
AmeriHealth	$1,034 - $1,217	85%
Cigna HealthSpring	$1,229	101%
Geisinger	$1,095 - $5,529	90%
HealthPartners	$1,132 - $1,241	93%
UPMC Health Plan	$1,241 - $5,662	102%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$1,138 - $3,809

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 1,993), 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 Penn State Health St. Joseph 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 Penn State Health St. Joseph

Compare: Colonoscopy with biopsy at other PA hospitals

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