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Level 3 Lower GI Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $2,703 per procedure at 923 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $2,436 and $2,862.

Also known as: Colonoscopy, lower endoscopy

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $2,703
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $2,436–$2,862
Medicare’s share: $2,17680% of the payment
Average billed charge: $18,904
Hospitals reporting: 92332,745 procedures

Hospitals in Massachusetts

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Average payment across these 34 hospitals: $2,977National $2,703 · Massachusetts $2,977
Median hospital: $3,014
Lowest to highest: $2,857–$3,057
Medicare procedures: 1,609

34 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 3 Lower GI Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River, MA · CCN 220020	71	$2,857	About average	$2,272	$6,011
New England Baptist HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220088	14	$2,886	About average	$2,300	$5,233
Boston Medical Center-BrightonBrighton, MA · CCN 220036	22	$2,898	About average	$2,339	$5,789
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro, MA · CCN 220008	24	$2,918	About average	$2,381	$6,057
Brigham And Women's HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220110	76	$2,920	About average	$2,339	$15,246
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth, MA · CCN 220100	26	$2,923	About average	$2,310	$4,259
Tufts Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220116	60	$2,924	About average	$2,365	$11,556
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton, MA · CCN 220108	21	$2,943	About average	$2,381	$4,923
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220086	138	$2,950	About average	$2,374	$8,989
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth, MA · CCN 220060	50	$2,967	About average	$2,379	$9,793
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220071	148	$2,973	About average	$2,387	$13,338
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly, MA · CCN 220033	102	$2,975	10% above the national average	$2,471	$13,391
UMass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester, MA · CCN 220163	109	$2,979	10% above the national average	$2,399	$19,195
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River, MA · CCN 220074	73	$2,994	11% above the national average	$2,409	$12,366
Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford, MA · CCN 220090	39	$3,013	11% above the national average	$2,514	$3,959
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton, MA · CCN 220101	70	$3,014	11% above the national average	$2,490	$8,615
North Shore Medical Center -Salem, MA · CCN 220035	30	$3,014	11% above the national average	$2,476	$12,983
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge, MA · CCN 220002	41	$3,014	11% above the national average	$2,476	$8,640
Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport, MA · CCN 220029	12	$3,014	12% above the national average	$2,453	$6,186
Signature Healthcare Brockton HospitalBrockton, MA · CCN 220052	12	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,446	$7,425
Winchester HospitalWinchester, MA · CCN 220105	24	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,446	$7,703
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington, MA · CCN 220171	142	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,446	$9,337
Brigham And Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain, MA · CCN 220119	17	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,429	$9,317
MelroseWakefield HealthcareMelrose, MA · CCN 220070	29	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,427	$6,760
Lowell General HospitalLowell, MA · CCN 220063	45	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,424	$7,009
Holy Family HospitalMethuen, MA · CCN 220080	12	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,415	$6,968
The Cooley Dickinson Hospital IncNorthampton, MA · CCN 220015	13	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,414	$12,313
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis, MA · CCN 220012	18	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,411	$8,649
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton, MA · CCN 220111	16	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,409	$8,771
Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220031	19	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,408	$5,802
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield, MA · CCN 220077	60	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,407	$8,013
Emerson Hospital -W Concord, MA · CCN 220084	34	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,404	$7,620
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamNeedham, MA · CCN 220083	19	$3,015	12% above the national average	$2,403	$4,397
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield, MA · CCN 220046	23	$3,057	13% above the national average	$2,448	$15,341

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

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2020: 23,889 procedures at 763 hospitals · 2021: 28,304 procedures at 832 hospitals · 2022: 30,296 procedures at 877 hospitals · 2023: 31,010 procedures at 904 hospitals · 2024: 32,745 procedures at 923 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$2,352	$16K
2021	$2,472	$16K
2022	$2,487	$17K
2023	$2,568	$18K
2024	$2,703	$19K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Level 3 Lower GI Procedures, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	1	78	$1,458	$1,458–$1,458
Alabama	10	295	$2,259	$2,181–$2,330
Mississippi	12	222	$2,262	$2,239–$2,350
Louisiana	13	341	$2,316	$2,219–$2,378
Tennessee	17	594	$2,318	$2,279–$2,325
South Carolina	19	974	$2,346	$2,332–$2,423
West Virginia	8	332	$2,348	$2,314–$2,379
Ohio	38	1,142	$2,361	$2,389–$2,451
Oklahoma	11	418	$2,364	$2,335–$2,419
Kentucky	15	481	$2,374	$2,365–$2,419
Utah	5	127	$2,391	$2,515–$2,515
Kansas	12	353	$2,402	$2,320–$2,451
Iowa	9	383	$2,410	$2,406–$2,421
Nebraska	5	210	$2,441	$2,419–$2,530
New Mexico	3	124	$2,441	$2,392–$2,545
Georgia	28	817	$2,442	$2,345–$2,560
Missouri	21	723	$2,443	$2,389–$2,497
Arkansas	9	286	$2,455	$2,406–$2,479
Michigan	31	974	$2,461	$2,446–$2,530
Texas	56	1,679	$2,481	$2,417–$2,539
Wisconsin	17	533	$2,488	$2,521–$2,621
North Carolina	28	979	$2,490	$2,435–$2,528
Virginia	32	1,368	$2,501	$2,417–$2,619
Florida	66	2,357	$2,502	$2,468–$2,543
Idaho	4	102	$2,530	$2,518–$2,568
Indiana	25	727	$2,536	$2,467–$2,558
Maine	6	195	$2,586	$2,482–$2,627
Pennsylvania	49	1,702	$2,595	$2,507–$2,709
South Dakota	5	234	$2,629	$2,632–$2,632
North Dakota	4	302	$2,631	$2,598–$2,646
Illinois	42	1,446	$2,639	$2,595–$2,666
Colorado	17	358	$2,651	$2,581–$2,673
Montana	5	117	$2,662	$2,631–$2,632
Minnesota	13	675	$2,709	$2,655–$2,684
Arizona	18	521	$2,726	$2,704–$2,738
New Hampshire	7	194	$2,752	$2,630–$2,767
District of Columbia	4	187	$2,782	$2,793–$2,872
Delaware	5	193	$2,796	$2,816–$2,817
Wyoming	1	12	$2,819	$2,819–$2,819
Rhode Island	2	49	$2,820	$2,821–$2,839
Oregon	7	196	$2,857	$2,809–$2,914
Washington	24	758	$2,859	$2,815–$2,893
Alaska	1	13	$2,898	$2,898–$2,898
Massachusetts	34	1,609	$2,977	$2,955–$3,015
New Jersey	29	1,236	$2,980	$2,939–$3,010
Nevada	6	97	$2,984	$3,007–$3,007
New York	51	2,279	$3,067	$2,945–$3,171
Connecticut	15	376	$3,097	$3,035–$3,159
Hawaii	1	28	$3,137	$3,137–$3,137
California	82	3,349	$3,550	$3,451–$3,731

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.