Here are the national average costs of five common gastrointestinal procedures in ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, according to Medicare’s price lookup tool.
ASC
Total cost: $1,016
Patient pays: $202
Physician fee: $152
Facility fee: $864
Medicare pays: $812
Hospital outpatient departments
Total cost: $2,048
Patient pays: $409
Physician fee: $152
Facility fee: $1,896
Medicare pays: $1,638
2. Colonoscopy, flexible with biopsy
ASC
Total cost: $824
Patient pays: $164
Physician fee: $192
Facility fee: $632
Medicare pays: $660
Hospital outpatient departments
Total cost: $1,371
Patient pays: $273
Physician fee: $192
Facility fee: $1,179
Medicare pays: $1,097
3. Colonoscopy with lesion removal, snare technique
ASC
Total cost: $874
Patient pays: $174
Physician fee: $242
Facility fee: $632
Medicare pays: $700
Hospital outpatient departments
Total cost: $1,421
Patient pays: $283
Physician fee: $242
Facility fee: $1,179
Medicare pays: $1,137
ASC
Total cost: $666
Patient pays: $132
Physician fee: $177
Facility fee: $489
Medicare pays: $532
Hospital outpatient departments
Total cost: $1,088
Patient pays: $217
Physician fee: $177
Facility fee: $911
Medicare pays: $870
5. Colorectal cancer screening, high-risk individual
ASC
Total cost: $666
Patient pays: $0
Physician fee: $177
Facility fee: $489
Medicare pays: $630
Hospital outpatient departments
Total cost: $1,088
Patient pays: $0
Physician fee: $177
Facility fee: $911
Medicare pays: $1,052
