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Colonoscopy with biopsy in Talladega, AL costs $1,917 to $7,773. Here's every hospital's price.

2 hospitals in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL 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 Talladega-Sylacauga, AL metro area, 2 hospitals list a cash price for colonoscopy with biopsy (CPT 45380). The lowest is $1,917 at Coosa Valley Medical Center, the median is $1,917 and the highest is $7,773 at Citizens Baptist Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 4.1 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Talladega, AL median of $1,917 is 26% above the national median of $1,518 across 895 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

2 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $1,063 to $7,988. 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 April 2026.

$1,917
lowest cash price in Talladega, AL
Coosa Valley Medical Center · 4 mi
$1,917
median cash price
2 hospitals
4.1×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
2/2
hospitals with a cash price

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Coosa Valley Medical Center

Sylacauga · 4 mi · Older file date unknown

$1,917
list $7,988
2
Citizens Baptist Medical Center

Talladega · 19 mi · File Apr 2026

$7,773
list $7,773
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?

Questions people ask