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 Texas to have the procedure done:
1. $64,433 — Texas Emergency Hospital (Cleveland)
2. $46,483 — The Woodlands Specialty Hospital
3. $25,163 — Altus Houston Hospital
4. $24,286 — Rio Grande Regional Hospital (McAllen)
5. $15,900 — Covenant Medical Center (Lubbock)
6. $15,000 — Crescent Medical Center Lancaster (Lancaster)
7. $14,234 — Resolute Health Hospital (New Braunfels)
8. $12,558 — Christus Trinity Clinic (Jacksonville)
9. $11,771 — Baptist Medical Center (San Antonio)
10. $11,510 — Medical City Denton
Here is the pricing data for CMS shoppable code CPT 45380-Colonoscopy at the 10 least expensive hospitals in Texas to have the procedure done:
1. $500 — Jackson County Hospital District (Edna)
2. $875 — Coleman County Medical Center (Coleman)
3 (tie). $1,000 — W.J. Mangold Memorial Hospital (Lockney)
3 (tie). $1,000 — Hunt Regional Medical Center (Greenville)
5. $1,068 — Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital (Sweetwater)
6. $1,100 — Columbus Community Hospital
7. $1,181 — Palo Pinto General Hospital (Mineral Wells)
8. $1,326 — Pampa Regional Medical Center
9. $1,347 — St. Mark’s Medical Center (La Grange)
10. $1,409 — Houston Methodist Hospital
