Colonoscopy with polyp removal in Colorado Springs, CO: hospital prices
2 hospitals in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area price CPT 45385 in their files, but fewer than three list a cash price, so we show the rows without a ranking.
2 hospitals in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area list colonoscopy with polyp removal (CPT 45385) in its price file, but only as a list price or negotiated insurer rates, not as a cash price. Hospitals must publish a discounted cash price for every shoppable service; where it is missing you can still ask for one by phone.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyColorado Springs · 10 mi · File Feb 2026
Colorado Springs · 13 mi · File Feb 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 45385. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
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.
What to say on the phone
"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 45385, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."
About colonoscopy with polyp removal
CPT 45385 is a colonoscopy in which a polyp is removed with a wire snare. It is the most common outcome for people over 50: about a third of colonoscopies find at least one polyp, and removing it during the same exam is the point of the procedure. You cannot book 45385 in advance; it is billed when a polyp is found.
What the price covers
The hospital's price is the facility fee for the endoscopy unit: room, nursing, sedation monitoring, the snare and other disposables, and recovery. Physician, anesthesia and pathology are separate bills. Every removed polyp goes to pathology, so with several polyps the pathology bill can rival the facility fee.
Cash price versus insured price
With insurance, a screening colonoscopy that turns into a polyp removal is still supposed to be covered as preventive under the Affordable Care Act rules, but billing errors are common. Without insurance, the cash price listed here is what to negotiate from. Some hospitals' cash price is lower than the rate they negotiated with insurers; you are allowed to ask for the cash price even if you are insured.
Why prices vary
Expect a wide spread within one metro area. It follows the hospital, not the procedure: the same snare, the same 30 minutes, priced according to what each system has decided its chargemaster should say. Hospital-owned outpatient centers and community hospitals are usually the low end.
Questions to ask
- What is the self-pay price for 45385, and what for 45378 if no polyp is found?
- How is pathology billed, per specimen or flat?
- Is anesthesia by a nurse anesthetist or an anesthesiologist, and who bills it?
Hospitals in Colorado Springs, CO without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Children's Hospital Colorado - Colorado SpringsFile could not be read
- Uch-Memorial Health SystemWebsite blocks automated reading
- Uchealth Grandview HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Uchealth Pikes Peak Regional HospitalNo website on record