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Colonoscopy cost in Minnesota

Posted facility cash prices for colonoscopy in Minnesota range from $178 to $3,918 across 85 hospitals, taken from each hospital’s own price file (Oct 2026); doctor fees are billed separately.

Minnesota hospitals sorted by facility cash price · real price-file data, Oct 2026

Diagnostic colonoscopy · CPT 45378

85 hospitals · lowest $178.00 · median $1,451.19 · highest $3,917.78

Price flags come from our manual audit of each hospital’s price file (Oct 30, 2026). “Low price checked in file” = we opened the file and the row is a real facility cash price. “May be a partial/component line” = the row looks like a component, per-unit, or bundled line, so the real price for this test may differ. Hover a flag for the reason. Always confirm with the hospital.

All-in planning range (facility + doctor + anesthesia)

85 hospitals with a professional-fee layer. Anesthesia (CPT 00811) is an ESTIMATE for every hospital: CMS 2026 Minnesota anesthesia fee ≈ $117.78 (4 base + 2 time units × $19.63) up to 3× — none of the hospital files posted usable per-case anesthesia rates (a few posted per-unit rates, which we don’t add). Some colonoscopies use nurse sedation with no separate anesthesia bill. Pathology (CPT 88305, pathologist read) applies only when a polyp or biopsy is taken; FROM FILE = 10th–90th percentile of the hospital file’s professional rates, else ESTIMATE $35.14–$105 (CMS 88305-26 ×1–3); count it once per specimen jar. Lab facility fees for pathology are not included.

How we estimate

Facility fee only — doctor/radiologist, anesthesia, and pathology fees are billed separately; the table above adds them as FROM FILE or ESTIMATE where shown (pathology only when a biopsy is taken). Prices come from each hospital’s own posted standard-charges file, last checked Oct 2026. Negotiated median is across all insurer rates in the file; it is not your plan’s price. Your insurer (Blue Cross, HealthPartners, Medica, UCare, etc.) may pay a different rate, and your cost depends on your deductible and coinsurance. Always ask for a Good Faith Estimate. Facility price = hospital-fee rows only (no “professional” billing class, no modifier 26; where a hospital labels every row professional, the technical/global non-26 rate is used). Re-extracted Oct 30, 2026. Know your billing rights.

Gaps

• Facility price = hospital-fee rows only (no “professional” billing class, no modifier 26; where a hospital labels every row professional, the technical/global non-26 rate is used).
• Doctor fee is FROM FILE only where the hospital posts ≥10 professional rates (radiology: modifier 26; ER and colonoscopy: no modifier); otherwise ESTIMATE (CMS 2026 MN ×1–3), not that hospital’s bill.
• VERIFY (Mayo Clinic Health System hospitals): rows are true professional lines, but most payer rates are listed as a percent of billed charges (≈95–97% of the gross charge), not a fixed contracted fee — the typical amount actually paid may be much lower. Shown as posted; ask for a Good Faith Estimate.
• Colonoscopy all-in = facility + gastroenterologist + anesthesia (00811, always ESTIMATE: CMS 2026 MN ×1–3) + pathology if a polyp is removed (88305: FROM FILE where posted, VERIFY where most rates are a percent of billed charges). A polyp removal changes the code (45380/45385) and the price.

Prices by city: Rochester · Duluth · St. Cloud · Mankato · Brainerd · Bemidji · Willmar · Alexandria · Hibbing · Grand Rapids · Winona · Albert Lea · Red Wing · Northfield · Owatonna · Faribault · Marshall · Worthington · New Ulm · Hutchinson · Fairmont · Virginia · Detroit Lakes · Thief River Falls · International Falls · Cloquet · Little Falls · Monticello · Crookston · Mora · Blue Earth · Burnsville · Coon Rapids · Edina · Maple Grove · Maplewood · New Prague · Robbinsdale · Shakopee · Stillwater · Waconia · Woodbury · Park Rapids · Breckenridge · Wabasha · Grand Marais · Minneapolis · Saint Paul · St. Louis Park

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How we got these prices · Last updated: Oct 30, 2026 (data files compiled). Data sources: hospitals’ own posted price files (machine-readable files parsed Oct 2026); doctor/radiologist estimates from CMS CY2026 Physician Fee Schedule (RVU26D, Oct 2026 release).