The 10 most, least expensive New York hospitals to get a colonoscopy

Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, N.Y., is the most expensive hospital to undergo a colonoscopy in the state, while Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., is the least expensive, according to information from data analytics company Hospital Pricing Specialists.

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Hospital Pricing Specialists created an annual pricing survey that analyzed more than 5,000 U.S. hospitals by examining hospital machine-readable files and public claims. The goal of the survey was to analyze the effects of the price transparency law on CMS-defined shoppable codes, according to a May 25 email to Becker’s from the company.

Here is the pricing data for CMS shoppable code CPT 45380-Colonoscopy at the 10 most expensive hospitals in New York to have the procedure done:

1. $19,212: Good Samaritan Hospital (Suffern)

2. $13,044: Long Island Community Hospital (Patchogue)

3. $9,697: Mount Sinai South Nassau (Oceanside)

4 (tie). $9,606: Bon Secours Community Hospital (Port Jervis)

4 (tie). $9,606: Saint Anthony Community Hospital (Warwick)

6. $8,827: Tisch Hospital (New York City)

7. $8,755: Montefiore Hospital- Moses Campus (New York City)

8. $8,271: Phelps Hospital (Sleepy Hollow)

9. $8,258: The Brooklyn Hospital Center (New York City)

10. $8,161: Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall (Newburgh)

Here is the pricing data for CMS shoppable code CPT 45380-Colonoscopy at the 10 least expensive hospitals in New York to have the procedure done:

1. $614: Erie County Medical Center (Buffalo)

2. $676: Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo)

3. $713: Rome Memorial Hospital  

4. $949: Saint James Hospital (Hornell)

5. $1,001: Westchester Medical Center (Valhalla)

6. $1,091: Newark-Wayne Community Hospital (Newark)

7 (tie). $1,117: Massena Hospital 

7 (tie). $1,117: Canton-Potsdam Hospital (Potsdam)

9. $1,160: Carthage Area Hospital

10. $1,191 — Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center

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