CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy (diagnostic)

Facility: Brookings Health System

Billing Code: 45378 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$837

about 0.9× the $950 Medicare rate · typically $320–$1,134

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$305

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $532 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $950 Fair price $837 This hospital $305 Cash price $684 Hospital's list price $1,367

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How this hospital compares to other SD hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other SD hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $146 Priciest $939

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

A fair price for a Colonoscopy (diagnostic) is about $837 (about 0.9× the $950 Medicare rate). Brookings Health System charges insurers about $305, or about $684 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Brookings, SD.

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	$886	93%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$448	47%
Medica	$305	32%
Sanford Health Plan	$474	50%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$371

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 684), 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 Brookings Health System 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 Brookings Health System

Compare: Colonoscopy (diagnostic) at other SD hospitals

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