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Colonoscopy (diagnostic) in New York, NY-NJ costs $352 to $8,704. Here's every hospital's price.

39 hospitals in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area publish a cash price for colonoscopy (diagnostic) (CPT 45378). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, 39 hospitals list a cash price for colonoscopy (diagnostic) (CPT 45378). The lowest is $352 at NYU Langone Hospitals, the median is $1,217 and the highest is $8,704 at Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus. The most expensive hospital lists 25 times the cheapest for the same code.

The New York, NY-NJ median of $1,217 is 17% below the national median of $1,469 across 938 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

49 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $80 to $20,127. 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 April 2025 and September 2026. 61 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.

$352
lowest cash price in New York, NY-NJ
NYU Langone Hospitals · 9 mi
$865 below the median
$1,217
median cash price
39 hospitals
25×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
39/110
hospitals with a cash price
61 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
NYU Langone Hospitals

New York · 9 mi · File Jan 2026

$352
list $1,851 · lowest of 5 lines
2
Bronxcare Hospital Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File May 2026

$524
list $524 · lowest of 4 lines
3
Valley Hospital

Paramus · 21 mi · File May 2026

$848
list $1,413
4
Kings County Hospital Center

Brooklyn · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$950
list $482 · lowest of 3 lines
5
Bellevue Hospital Center

New York · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$950
list $469 · lowest of 7 lines
6
Queens Hospital Center

Jamaica · 1 mi · File Sep 2026

$950
list $466 · lowest of 7 lines
7
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center

Brooklyn · 7 mi · File Sep 2026

$950
list $482 · lowest of 9 lines
8
Newton Medical Center

Newton · 54 mi · File Apr 2026

$996
list $8,313
9
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus

Denville · 36 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,078
list $3,724 · lowest of 6 lines
10
Saint Michael's Medical Center

Newark · 19 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,078
list $4,090 · lowest of 3 lines
11
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,079
list $2,686 · lowest of 3 lines
12
Jacobi Medical Center

Bronx · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$1,079
list $3,355 · lowest of 3 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 45378. 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 45378, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About colonoscopy (diagnostic)

A colonoscopy is an examination of the large intestine with a flexible camera passed through the rectum. The diagnostic version, CPT 45378, is the base procedure: the doctor looks, and if nothing needs to be removed or sampled, this is the code the hospital bills. Most people are sedated and go home the same day.

What the price covers

The hospital's price for 45378 is the facility fee: the endoscopy suite, nursing, the scope and its cleaning, recovery time and disposable supplies. It usually does not include the gastroenterologist's professional fee, the anesthesia provider, or pathology if a sample is taken. Those are billed separately, often by different companies, and can add several hundred dollars to what you see here.

If polyps are found and removed, the code changes to 45385 (polyp removal) or 45380 (biopsy), and the price changes with it. A hospital's cash price for 45378 is the best starting point, not a guarantee of the final bill.

Screening versus diagnostic

A screening colonoscopy for someone with no symptoms is preventive care, which most insurance plans cover without cost-sharing. A diagnostic colonoscopy, done because of symptoms or a positive stool test, is not. The same procedure, the same room, a different code and a different bill. If you are insured, ask before the appointment which one will be billed.

Why prices vary so much

The spread between hospitals is often five to ten times for this code. Academic medical centers and large systems tend to list higher gross charges and higher negotiated rates; community hospitals and hospital-owned outpatient centers tend to be cheaper. Location matters less than ownership and system size. Freestanding ambulatory surgery centers, which are not in these files, are often cheaper still.

Questions to ask before you book

  • Is this the self-pay price for CPT 45378, in writing?
  • Does it include the physician, anesthesia and pathology, or are those separate?
  • If a polyp is removed, what does the price become?
  • Is there a prompt-pay or financial-assistance discount on top of the cash price?

Hospitals in New York, NY-NJ without a price for this procedure

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

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