STANDARDIZED EPISODE BENCHMARK · CUTOFF 2026-10-15

Diagnostic colonoscopy

Public tariffs, separately identified private published prices and public waiting times for diagnostic colonoscopy, drawn from government schedules, hospital price publications and waiting-time registries (cutoff: 2026-10-15).

What a complete procedure typically includes

Our reference definition covers: endoscopist, facility, routine sedation. It excludes: polypectomy, histology, therapeutic procedures. Note: Government tariff codes below follow each country’s own billing rules and may exclude implants, doctor fees, or follow-up care—check each country card for what is included.

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Public tariffs are not private cash prices: Public-tariff rows show what a government health system (such as the UK NHS, US Medicare, or French public insurance) pays a hospital or doctor—not what you pay out of pocket as a private patient.
Published private packages are separate from public tariffs: Private packages carry their hospital name and published scope. Check whether the price is partial or hospital-wide: Some schedules publish a single hospital payment, while others (like US Medicare) split the doctor’s fee and the hospital facility fee into separate rows. We never add separate fees together.
Two different ways countries measure waiting times: Some countries report how long people currently on the waiting list have been waiting so far (e.g., Spain), while others report the total wait for patients who already had their procedure (e.g., Poland, Denmark).

Official benchmarks with unverified episode equivalence do not establish the cost of the complete procedure. Historical periods do not describe current appointment availability.

At a glance by country

United Kingdom

England, Scotland · Published data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

What the public health system pays (official tariff)

$760.2 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (573 GBP)What the NHS pays the hospital (England public tariff)Official government source (L2)Hospital surgery spell (day-case or inpatient stay, before local regional adjustments) · Schedule: 2026/27 · EnglandSource: NHS England (NHS Payment Scheme)

Hospital published self-pay package price

$4,822.55 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (3,635 GBP)Hospital published self-pay package pricePublished hospital package (L2)Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital · Schedule: 2026-10-14 · EnglandSource: Nuffield Health

$4,218.91 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (3,180 GBP)Hospital published self-pay package pricePublished hospital package (L2)Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital · Schedule: 2026-10-14 · EnglandSource: Nuffield Health

$3,529.02 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (2,660 GBP)Hospital published self-pay package pricePublished hospital package (L2)Ramsay New Hall Hospital · Schedule: 2026-10-14 · EnglandSource: Ramsay Health Care UK

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

11.04 weeksTypical (median) time on the public waiting list (patients currently waiting)Gastroenterology Service (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)Half of patients still on the public waiting list as of 2026-08 had been waiting less than this.Period: 2026-08 · EnglandSource: NHS England (Referral to Treatment)

36.34 weeksLong-wait benchmark: 92% of waiting-list patients have waited less than (92nd percentile, currently waiting)Gastroenterology Service (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)92% of patients still on the public list as of 2026-08 had waited this long or less.Period: 2026-08 · EnglandSource: NHS England (Referral to Treatment)

21.5 daysTypical (median) wait at public hospitals (completed patients)Gastroenterology (A9); inpatient/day-case stage of treatment; completed waits (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)Half of patients treated at public hospitals in 2026-08 waited less than this, and half waited longer.Period: 2026-08 · ScotlandSource: Public Health Scotland

84.7 days (~2.8 months)Long-wait benchmark: 9 in 10 public patients treated within (90th percentile, completed patients)Gastroenterology (A9); inpatient/day-case stage of treatment; completed waits (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)90% of patients who completed surgery in 2026-08 waited this long or less; 10% waited longer.Period: 2026-08 · ScotlandSource: Public Health Scotland

19.5 daysTypical (median) time on the public waiting list (patients currently waiting)Gastroenterology (A9); inpatient/day-case stage of treatment; ongoing waits (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)Half of patients still on the public waiting list as of 2026-08 had been waiting less than this.Period: 2026-08 · ScotlandSource: Public Health Scotland

159.3 days (~5.2 months)Long-wait benchmark: 9 in 10 waiting-list patients have waited less than (90th percentile, currently waiting)Gastroenterology (A9); inpatient/day-case stage of treatment; ongoing waits (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)90% of patients still on the public list as of 2026-08 had waited this long or less.Period: 2026-08 · ScotlandSource: Public Health Scotland

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

public_tariff · Combined day case / ordinary elective spell unit price before market forces factor · code FE32Z · source period 2026/27 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: min 573 · p25 573 · median 573 · p75 573 · max 573 GBP · n=1

USD: min 760.2 · p25 760.2 · median 760.2 · p75 760.2 · max 760.2 USD · n=1

USD missing: 0 observationsECB/Frankfurter · 2026-10-14 · 1 GBP = 1.3267 USDSource period: 2026/27 · Captured: 2026-10-14T21:02:14.105ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · {}

NHS administrative baseline; local MFF, excess bed days and applicable adjustments excluded. HRG case mix and episode inclusions require review.

median; waiting patients · Gastroenterology Service · source period 2026-08 · Episode equivalence: unverified