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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 Tennessee

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Average payment across these 17 hospitals: $2,318National $2,703 · Tennessee $2,318
Median hospital: $2,314
Lowest to highest: $2,057–$2,574
Medicare procedures: 594

17 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
St Francis HospitalMemphis, TN · CCN 440183	24	$2,057	24% below the national average	$1,575	$55,212
Methodist Hospitals Of MemphisMemphis, TN · CCN 440049	27	$2,221	18% below the national average	$1,735	$16,271
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN · CCN 440039	77	$2,223	18% below the national average	$1,788	$20,186
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson, TN · CCN 440002	14	$2,231	17% below the national average	$1,718	$15,678
University Health System, IncKnoxville, TN · CCN 440015	90	$2,279	16% below the national average	$1,812	$10,725
Ascension Saint Thomas HospitalNashville, TN · CCN 440082	26	$2,298	15% below the national average	$1,816	$23,317
Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell, TN · CCN 440120	43	$2,311	15% below the national average	$1,855	$19,145
West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County HospitalParis, TN · CCN 440132	25	$2,314	14% below the national average	$1,933	$6,701
Methodist Medical Center Of Oak RidgeOak Ridge, TN · CCN 440034	12	$2,314	14% below the national average	$1,903	$6,351
Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville, TN · CCN 440125	20	$2,315	14% below the national average	$1,856	$7,126
West Tennessee Healthcare Milan HospitalMilan, TN · CCN 440060	13	$2,316	14% below the national average	$1,845	$20,347
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis, TN · CCN 440048	37	$2,316	14% below the national average	$1,834	$15,277
Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville, TN · CCN 440011	17	$2,325	14% below the national average	$1,835	$14,355
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia, TN · CCN 440073	11	$2,372	12% below the national average	$1,890	$18,356
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga, TN · CCN 440104	69	$2,391	12% below the national average	$1,937	$13,155
Saint Thomas Rutherford HospitalMurfreesboro, TN · CCN 440053	40	$2,419	11% below the national average	$1,927	$16,559
Cookeville Regional Medical CenterCookeville, TN · CCN 440059	49	$2,574	About average	$2,143	$9,243

National trend

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

Average payment
Average billed charge

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.