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Colonoscopy with biopsy in Houston, TX costs $316 to $1,835. Here's every hospital's price.

11 hospitals in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area publish a cash price for colonoscopy with biopsy (CPT 45380). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, 11 hospitals list a cash price for colonoscopy with biopsy (CPT 45380). The lowest is $316 at University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, the median is $896 and the highest is $1,835 at Harris Health. The most expensive hospital lists 5.8 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Houston, TX median of $896 is 42% below the national median of $1,531 across 279 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

16 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $88 to $9,888. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between March 2023 and April 2026. 44 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$316
lowest cash price in Houston, TX
University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston · 48 mi
$579 below the median
$896
median cash price
11 hospitals
5.8×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
11/60
hospitals with a cash price
44 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston

Galveston · 48 mi · Older file Mar 2023

$316
list $1,641 · lowest of 5 lines
2
Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston · 7 mi · File Apr 2026

$462
list $924 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital

Baytown · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$896
list $1,791 · lowest of 2 lines
4
Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital

Nassau Bay · 23 mi · File Apr 2026

$896
list $1,791 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Houston Methodist Sugarland Hospital

Sugar Land · 24 mi · File Apr 2026

$896
list $1,791
6
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital

Houston · 17 mi · File Apr 2026

$896
list $1,791 · lowest of 2 lines
7
Houston Methodist West Hospital

Houston · 21 mi · File Apr 2026

$896
list $1,791 · lowest of 2 lines
8
Houston Methodist the Woodlands Hospital

The Woodlands · 29 mi · File Apr 2026

$896
list $1,791 · lowest of 2 lines
9
Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital

Cypress · 23 mi · File Apr 2026

$896
list $1,791 · lowest of 2 lines
10
St Luke's Patients Medical Center

Pasadena · 16 mi · File Feb 2026

$1,521
list $4,347 · lowest of 4 lines
11
Harris Health

Houston · 7 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,835
list $3,880 · lowest of 2 lines
12
Baylor St Lukes Medical Center

Houston · 7 mi · File Feb 2026

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1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 45380. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 45380, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About colonoscopy with biopsy

CPT 45380 is a colonoscopy during which the doctor takes one or more tissue samples for the laboratory. It starts as an ordinary colonoscopy; the biopsy is decided during the exam, so most patients are scheduled for a diagnostic or screening colonoscopy and end up with this code instead.

What the price covers

The hospital's number is the facility fee for the endoscopy suite, sedation nursing, recovery and supplies, including the biopsy forceps. The gastroenterologist, the anesthesia provider and the pathologist who reads the sample bill separately. Pathology alone commonly adds $100 to $400 per specimen, so ask how many samples are expected.

How this relates to the other colonoscopy codes

  • 45378: colonoscopy, nothing removed
  • 45380: colonoscopy with biopsy (this page)
  • 45385: colonoscopy with polyp removal by snare

A hospital's prices for the three usually sit close together, with biopsy and polyp removal slightly above the base code. If a hospital lists only one of them, use it as a guide for the others and confirm by phone.

Why prices vary

The range between hospitals in the same metro area is commonly several times. Ownership and size drive it more than geography: large systems and teaching hospitals list higher charges; community hospitals list lower ones. Cash prices are often far below the gross charge because most hospitals apply a fixed self-pay discount.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 45380, and does it include pathology?
  • Who bills for anesthesia, and what is their cash rate?
  • If no biopsy is needed after all, will you bill 45378 instead?

Hospitals in Houston, TX without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

Questions people ask