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CPT 44970

Lower GI Endoscopy - Other

Current code44 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Commercial insurance: Rate negotiated with a private insurer or employer plan, including exchange and public-option plans.

HospitalCommercial insurance rates (lowest – highest)Cash priceList price (before discounts)
Coulee Medical CenterGrand Coulee—$1,977$2,197
Island HospitalAnacortes$920 – $12,98715 plans$909 – $1,737$909 – $1,737
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01—Doctor’s fee: $723 – $1,112Doctor’s fee: $1,112 – $1,710
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle$199 – $2,565at least 58 plans$493 – $3,206$493 – $3,206
Three Rivers HospitalBrewster—Doctor’s fee: $1,245Doctor’s fee: $1,245
Trios HealthKennewick——$56,189
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle$9,768 – $12,2004 plans$7,778$15,250

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Doctor's fee, Seattle (King County)
$622 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington
$573 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national)
$6,176 (APC 5361)
Surgery center payment (national)
$3,031

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 44970:

  • 44970P (with a letter after it, P; 2 price lines)