# Colonoscopy with polyp removal (snare) in GA

Billing code `45385`. Prices for this code at 90 hospitals in GA, taken from the machine-readable standard charge files each hospital is required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50).

Source page: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/colonoscopy-with-polyp-removal-snare

Colonoscopy w/lesion removal

**Where this is done matters more than which hospital:** Colonoscopy with polyp removal (snare) is a procedure a doctor's office can perform, and Medicare pays about 2.9x more for it at a hospital outpatient department than in an office. Every price below is a hospital's, and excludes the doctor's separate bill. Do not quote these as the cost of the procedure without saying which setting they describe.

## Before quoting any figure below

- **Hospital charges only.** The surgeon, anaesthetist, radiologist and pathologist bill separately and appear in no hospital price file, by construction. Every figure below is part of a total, never the total.
- **A negotiated rate is not a bill.** It is what a hospital and an insurer agreed. What a patient owes depends on their deductible, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximum.
- **Each hospital's figure is a median across its own plans.** The spread inside one hospital is often wider than the gap between two of them.
- **"not mentioned" is not $0.** It means this hospital's file does not label a row that way. Silence is not a statement that the charge does not exist.
- **A hospital absent from the table says nothing about its prices.** It may publish this code under a revenue or drug code this site cannot map to a procedure.

A procedure code is billed twice -- once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work -- and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. Of the hospitals here, 40 publish a facility charge; 11 publish both, mixed together; 39 do not label which half the figure is.

## Typical price

|  | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cheapest tenth | $749 |
| Typical | $2,246 |
| Dearest tenth | $3,782 |

The cheapest and dearest tenth are the hospitals a tenth of the way in from each end, not the single cheapest and dearest. Every hospital, including both extremes, is in the table below.

That is a 5-fold difference for the same billing code -- a gap between hospitals, not between treatments.

## Every hospital publishing this code

| Hospital | Where | CMS rating | Typical | Facility charge | Physician fee | Self-pay | Lowest | Highest | Plans on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital | GREENSBORO | 4/5 | see split | $315 | $110 | $5,552 | $80 | $1,573 | 2,231 |
| Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center | LAVONIA | 3/5 | see split | $5,764 | $110 | $4,010 | $80 | $5,764 | 2,322 |
| St Mary's Hospital | ATHENS | 1/5 | see split | $3,557 | $202 | $7,722 | $80 | $9,990 | 3,352 |
| Atrium Health Navicent Peach | BYRON | 1/5 | see split | $2,749 | $284 | not published | $272 | $2,749 | 21 |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center | BLUE RIDGE | not rated | $307 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $3,850 | $307 | $4,783 | 150 |
| Jeff Davis Hospital | HAZLEHURST | not rated | $547 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $558 | $270 | $1,228 | 19 |
| Candler County Hospital | METTER | not rated | $630 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $196 | $3,688 | 32 |
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | LAWRENCEVILLE | 3/5 | $659 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $568 | $114 | $50,000 | 344 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | DULUTH | 4/5 | $659 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $568 | $96 | $50,000 | 344 |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center | DOUGLAS | 3/5 | see split | $4,111 | $467 | not published | $403 | $9,976 | 141 |
| Northside Hospital | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $812 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $568 | $228 | $50,000 | 224 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | CUMMING | 4/5 | $812 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $568 | $228 | $50,000 | 223 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | CANTON | 4/5 | $812 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $568 | $228 | $50,000 | 225 |
| Dodge County Hospital | EASTMAN | not rated | $1,044 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $100 | $1,825 | 12 |
| Optim Medical Center - Screven | SYLVANIA | not rated | $1,059 | $1,059 | not mentioned | $11,629 | $1,049 | $1,573 | 24 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | MILLEDGEVILLE | 2/5 | see split | $1,166 | $266 | not published | $236 | $5,479 | 30 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | AMERICUS | 3/5 | $1,101 | $1,101 | not mentioned | not published | $1,049 | $1,835 | 7 |
| SGMC Health | VALDOSTA | 2/5 | $1,148 | $1,148 | not mentioned | $3,963 | $830 | $1,357 | 4 |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center | MACON | 2/5 | see split | $1,373 | $301 | not published | $236 | $5,079 | 38 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | ATLANTA | 2/5 | see split | $2,144 | $403 | $3,659 | $245 | $5,612 | 87 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | ROME | 2/5 | $1,178 | $1,178 | not mentioned | not published | $1,149 | $2,500 | 16 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | ALBANY | 2/5 | $1,210 | $1,210 | not mentioned | not published | $1,153 | $2,017 | 7 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | CARROLLTON | 2/5 | $1,230 | $1,230 | not mentioned | $2,439 | $1,194 | $1,314 | 30 |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | RIVERDALE | 1/5 | $1,230 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,194 | $894 | $2,491 | 41 |
| SGMC Berrien Campus | NASHVILLE | not rated | $1,252 | $1,252 | not mentioned | $3,963 | $1,044 | $1,565 | 3 |
| Taylor Regional Hospital | HAWKINSVILLE | not rated | see split | $1,497 | $548 | $8,037 | $393 | $3,209 | 19 |
| Warm Springs Medical Center | WARM SPRINGS | not rated | $1,570 | $1,570 | not mentioned | $892 | $946 | $1,785 | 26 |
| AdventHealth Gordon | CALHOUN | 3/5 | $1,650 | $1,650 | not mentioned | not published | $964 | $2,409 | 11 |
| Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia | RINGGOLD | 3/5 | $1,679 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $167 | $2,581 | 21 |
| Jefferson Hospital | LOUISVILLE | not rated | $1,700 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,508 | $1,103 | $2,337 | 40 |
| University Mcduffie County Regional Medical Center | THOMSON | not rated | $1,729 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,179 | $634 | $3,537 | 17 |
| WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col | AUGUSTA | 1/5 | $1,809 | $1,809 | not mentioned | not published | $1,049 | $4,714 | 22 |
| Piedmont Augusta Hospital | AUGUSTA | 2/5 | $1,922 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,179 | $526 | $3,930 | 23 |
| AdventHealth Murray | CHATSWORTH | 5/5 | $1,940 | $1,940 | not mentioned | not published | $1,114 | $2,246 | 8 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | COLUMBUS | 3/5 | $1,988 | $1,988 | not mentioned | not published | $377 | $4,243 | 16 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $2,006 | $2,006 | not mentioned | not published | $1,049 | $5,217 | 24 |
| Candler Hospital | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $2,006 | $2,006 | not mentioned | not published | $1,049 | $5,217 | 24 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | STATESBORO | 3/5 | $2,040 | $2,040 | not mentioned | $4,721 | $406 | $14,862 | 41 |
| Optim Medical Center - Tattnall | REIDSVILLE | not rated | $2,106 | $2,106 | not mentioned | $11,629 | $2,106 | $2,106 | 1 |
| WellStar West Georgia Medical Center | LAGRANGE | 5/5 | $2,125 | $2,125 | not mentioned | not published | $1,178 | $5,272 | 14 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | MOULTRIE | 4/5 | $2,151 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,151 | $423 | $2,151 | 44 |
| WellStar Spalding Medical Center | GRIFFIN | 2/5 | $2,166 | $2,166 | not mentioned | not published | $1,200 | $5,272 | 14 |
| Washington County Regional Medical Center | SANDERSVILLE | not rated | $2,175 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,362 | $1,012 | $3,922 | 25 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | DALTON | 3/5 | $2,219 | $2,219 | not mentioned | not published | $2,114 | $5,392 | 3 |
| WellStar Douglas Medical Center | DOUGLASVILLE | 3/5 | $2,228 | $2,228 | not mentioned | not published | $1,205 | $5,272 | 13 |
| AdventHealth Redmond | ROME | 4/5 | $2,246 | $2,246 | not mentioned | not published | $1,244 | $5,045 | 13 |
| WellStar Paulding Medical Center | HIRAM | 4/5 | $2,249 | $2,249 | not mentioned | not published | $1,215 | $5,272 | 13 |
| WellStar North Fulton Medical Center | ROSWELL | 2/5 | $2,249 | $2,249 | not mentioned | not published | $1,215 | $5,272 | 13 |
| WellStar Cobb Medical Center | AUSTELL | 3/5 | $2,249 | $2,249 | not mentioned | not published | $1,215 | $5,272 | 13 |
| WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center | MARIETTA | 4/5 | $2,249 | $2,249 | not mentioned | not published | $1,215 | $5,272 | 13 |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | WARNER ROBINS | 2/5 | $2,273 | $2,273 | not mentioned | not published | $1,072 | $5,346 | 13 |
| Morgan Medical Center | MADISON | not rated | $2,400 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,400 | $3,745 | 9 |
| Effingham Health System | SPRINGFIELD | not rated | $2,424 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $5,627 | $2,317 | $8,224 | 13 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center | CEDARTOWN | not rated | $2,500 | $2,500 | not mentioned | not published | $2,500 | $2,500 | 1 |
| Clinch Memorial Hospital | HOMERVILLE | not rated | $2,560 | $2,560 | not mentioned | $1,348 | $2,156 | $2,695 | 38 |
| Mountain Lakes Medical Center | CLAYTON | not rated | $2,594 | $2,594 | not mentioned | $1,339 | $2,343 | $2,845 | 2 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | COLUMBUS | 2/5 | $2,889 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,179 | $568 | $3,930 | 20 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | COLUMBUS | 5/5 | $2,948 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,179 | $457 | $3,930 | 19 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | LITHONIA | 1/5 | $3,012 | $3,012 | not mentioned | $4,432 | $1,200 | $5,346 | 17 |
| Emory University Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $3,051 | $3,051 | not mentioned | $4,432 | $1,200 | $5,346 | 19 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | DECATUR | 2/5 | $3,051 | $3,051 | not mentioned | $4,432 | $1,200 | $5,346 | 19 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | ATLANTA | 2/5 | $3,051 | $3,051 | not mentioned | $4,432 | $1,215 | $5,346 | 19 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $3,051 | $3,051 | not mentioned | $4,432 | $1,215 | $5,346 | 19 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | JOHNS CREEK | 4/5 | $3,051 | $3,051 | not mentioned | $4,432 | $1,215 | $5,346 | 19 |
| Doctors Hospital | AUGUSTA | 3/5 | $3,132 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,150 | $7,512 | 195 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | SNELLVILLE | 2/5 | $3,234 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $994 | $4,820 | 18 |
| Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | VILLA RICA | 3/5 | $3,237 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $3,237 | $1,173 | $5,017 | 17 |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | COVINGTON | 3/5 | $3,287 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $523 | $4,632 | 17 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | MACON | 4/5 | $3,287 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $469 | $4,632 | 17 |
| Coliseum Medical Centers | MACON | 3/5 | $3,313 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $349 | $4,588 | 17 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | CARTERSVILLE | 3/5 | $3,313 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $600 | $4,820 | 19 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | VIDALIA | 5/5 | $3,348 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,150 | $17,850 | 133 |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center | SAVANNAH | 1/5 | $3,442 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,150 | $7,512 | 209 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | CONYERS | 3/5 | $3,461 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $614 | $4,656 | 18 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | MONROE | 4/5 | $3,624 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $480 | $4,656 | 15 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital | JASPER | 4/5 | $3,624 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $554 | $4,656 | 15 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | DUBLIN | 4/5 | $3,633 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,150 | $7,512 | 227 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | TIFTON | 3/5 | see split | $4,769 | $609 | not published | $304 | $11,238 | 31 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital | NEWNAN | 4/5 | $3,680 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $480 | $5,097 | 18 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | STOCKBRIDGE | 2/5 | $3,782 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $432 | $5,097 | 18 |
| Piedmont Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $3,782 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $573 | $5,097 | 18 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | FAYETTEVILLE | 3/5 | $3,782 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $493 | $5,097 | 18 |
| WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center | JACKSON | not rated | $3,829 | $3,829 | not mentioned | not published | $1,694 | $5,272 | 6 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | ATHENS | 4/5 | $4,180 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,529 | $542 | $4,820 | 19 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | WAYCROSS | 3/5 | $4,289 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $1,150 | $7,512 | 166 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham | DEMOREST | 3/5 | $5,306 | $5,306 | not mentioned | not published | $1,049 | $16,442 | 10 |
| Southwell Medical, a Campus of TRMC | ADEL | not rated | see split | $7,309 | $650 | not published | $304 | $14,618 | 29 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin | DAHLONEGA | 5/5 | $8,563 | $8,563 | not mentioned | not published | $1,242 | $16,442 | 9 |
| NGMC Barrow | WINDER | 4/5 | $8,563 | $8,563 | not mentioned | not published | $1,200 | $16,442 | 9 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center | GAINESVILLE | 3/5 | $8,563 | $8,563 | not mentioned | not published | $1,178 | $16,442 | 9 |

## Self-pay

Self-pay is what the hospital charges someone paying themselves rather than through insurance. Paying self-pay usually does not count toward a deductible, so it can cost less for one service and more across a year. Every other figure here is what an insurer pays, not what a patient would.

At 27 of the 50 hospitals here that publish a self-pay price it is LOWER than what that same hospital typically accepts from an insurer; at the other 23 it is higher.

## The doctor's side, roughly

Nationally, Medicare allows about $363 for the clinician who performs or reads this service, across 15,831 billing providers in 2024. That is a separate bill from everything above and is NOT added to any figure on this page -- it is here to show the rough size of what a hospital price leaves out.

4 of these 90 hospitals have not published an updated price file in over a year, or do not say when they last did. Hospitals are required to update at least annually, so those figures may not reflect what they charge now: Jeff Davis Hospital, Warm Springs Medical Center, Jefferson Hospital, Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica.

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Prices that look wrong: info@clearcharge.org

Compiled by Clearcharge (clearcharge.org) from each hospital's machine-readable standard-charge file. When quoting a figure, cite the source page above. The hospital files behind these figures state data through dates from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-28; per-hospital staleness is flagged above.