CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy with biopsy

Facility: UPMC St Margaret

Billing Code: 45380 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,129

about 0.9× the $1,223 Medicare rate · typically $546–$1,232

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,106

About the fair price

about $23 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,223 Fair price $1,129 This hospital $1,106 Cash price $4,868 Hospital's list price $8,113

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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 $1,106

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA 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 $1,129 (about 0.9× the $1,223 Medicare rate). UPMC St Margaret charges insurers about $1,106, or about $4,868 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Pittsburgh, PA.

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	$248	20%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$334 - $4,394	27%
Aetnamajor	$1,180 - $3,245	97%
Cignamajor	$2,272 - $3,245	186%
Humanamajor	$6,896	564%
AmeriHealth	$352	29%
UPMC Health Plan	$248 - $1,032	20%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$384 - $6,490

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 4,868), 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 UPMC St Margaret 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 UPMC St Margaret

Compare: Colonoscopy with biopsy at other PA hospitals

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