CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy (diagnostic)

Facility: Milton S Hershey Medical Center

Billing Code: 45378 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$938

about 1.0× the $950 Medicare rate · typically $776–$1,024

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$996

About the fair price

about $58 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $950 Fair price $938 This hospital $996 Cash price $1,963 Hospital's list price $5,926

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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 $90 Priciest $996

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

A fair price for a Colonoscopy (diagnostic) is about $938 (about 1.0× the $950 Medicare rate). Milton S Hershey Medical Center charges insurers about $996, or about $1,963 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Hershey, 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	$1,006 - $4,273	106%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$838 - $5,304	88%
Aetnamajor	$996 - $4,014	105%
Cignamajor	$3,788	399%
Humanamajor	$996	105%
AmeriHealth	$838 - $986	88%
Cigna HealthSpring	$996	105%
Geisinger	$888 - $4,416	93%
HealthPartners	$917 - $1,006	97%
UPMC Health Plan	$1,006 - $4,378	106%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$922 - $1,233

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 1,963), 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 Milton S Hershey 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 Milton S Hershey Medical Center

Compare: Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at other PA hospitals

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