Hospital Pricing Specialists — which shared data from HCSC on PPO rates for screening colonoscopies with Becker’s Oct. 17 — has been involved in more than 1,200 pricing projects, ranging from critical access hospitals to healthcare systems.
Here are the lowest PPO payment rates for CPT code 45378 — screening colonoscopy, reported by Health Care Service Corp.:
1. $171 — Northwest Health-La Porte (Ind.)
2. $249 — Kindred Hospital Riverside (Perris, Calif.)
2. $249 — Kindred Hospital South Bay (Gardena, Calif.)
2. $249 — Kindred Hospital Rancho (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.)
2. $249 — Kindred Hospital Paramount (Calif.)
2. $249 — Kindred Hospital Baldwin Park (Calif.)
2. $249 — Kindred Hospital Brea (Calif.)
2. $249 — Kindred Hospital La Mirada (Calif.)
2. $249 — Kindred Hospital Ontario (Calif.)
2. $249 — Kindred Hospital San Diego
