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Colonoscopy with polyp removal in Los Angeles, CA costs $370 to $61,772. Here's every hospital's price.

13 hospitals in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area publish a cash price for colonoscopy with polyp removal (CPT 45385). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, 13 hospitals list a cash price for colonoscopy with polyp removal (CPT 45385). The lowest is $370 at Providence St. Joseph Hospital, the median is $1,531 and the highest is $61,772 at Pacifica Hospital of the Valley. The most expensive hospital lists 167 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Los Angeles, CA median of $1,531 is in line with the national median of $1,531 across 275 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

32 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $408 to $61,772. 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 November 2025 and September 2026. 68 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.

$370
lowest cash price in Los Angeles, CA
Providence St. Joseph Hospital · 29 mi
$1,161 below the median
$1,531
median cash price
13 hospitals
167×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
13/100
hospitals with a cash price
68 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Providence St. Joseph Hospital

Orange · 29 mi · File Apr 2026

$370
list $462 · lowest of 3 lines
2
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles · 12 mi · File Nov 2025

$937
list $1,441 · lowest of 37 lines
3
Saint Francis Medical Center

Lynwood · 13 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,531
list $4,206
4
Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center

Garden Grove · 28 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,531
list $7,892
5
West Anaheim Medical Center

Anaheim · 22 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,531
list $7,892
6
Huntington Beach Hospital

Huntington Beach · 30 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,531
list $7,892
7
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital

La Palma · 20 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,531
list $7,892
8
San Dimas Community Hospital

San Dimas · 20 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,531
list $8,415 · lowest of 2 lines
9
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital

Marina Del Rey · 17 mi · File Nov 2025

$1,551
list $2,386 · lowest of 2 lines
10
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles

Los Angeles · 6 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,288
list $4,400 · lowest of 4 lines
11
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West La

Los Angeles · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,288
list $4,400 · lowest of 4 lines
12
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim

Anaheim · 26 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,288
list $4,400 · lowest of 4 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 45385. 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 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 Los Angeles, CA 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