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: 2026-10-19).
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.
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.
What the public health system pays (official tariff)
377,027 ARS (single published tariff, n=1)USD conversion unavailable: no ECB rate for the same date.What the public health system pays (official tariff)Diagnostic lower videoendoscopy (colonoscopy) procedure without sedation; therapeutic procedures excluded · Schedule: 2026-06-15/2026-07-14Source: Buenos Aires City Ministry of Health (Argentina)
PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME
— Not yet in our official snapshot for Argentina
Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution
public_tariff · Diagnostic lower videoendoscopy (colonoscopy) procedure without sedation; therapeutic procedures excluded · code GAS.15 · source period 2026-06-15/2026-07-14
What the public health system pays (official tariff)
573 GBP (single published tariff, n=1)≈ 760.2 USD · BCE / ECB · 2026-10-14 · 1 GBP = 1.3267 USD (cross rate from ECB euro reference rates)What the NHS pays the hospital (England public tariff)Hospital surgery spell (day-case or inpatient stay, before local regional adjustments) · Schedule: 2026/27Source: NHS England (NHS Payment Scheme)
Hospital published self-pay package price
guide price from 2,660 GBP (advertised bound, n=1)≈ 3,523.7 USD · BCE / ECB · 2026-10-15 · 1 GBP = 1.3247 USD (cross rate from ECB euro reference rates)Hospital published self-pay package priceRamsay New Hall Hospital · Schedule: 2026-10-15Source: 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)
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
median; waiting patients · Gastroenterology Service · source period 2026-08
What the public health system pays (official tariff)
$950.1 USD (single published tariff, n=1)What US Medicare pays the hospital (outpatient facility only)Hospital outpatient facility fee only — excludes the surgeon’s professional fee · Schedule: 2026-10Source: US Medicare (CMS OPPS)
$164.41 USD median (typical range p25–p75: 160.58–170.62 USD across 109 observations)What US Medicare pays the doctor (surgeon fee only)Doctor’s professional fee only — excludes hospital room, anaesthesia, and implant · Schedule: 2026-01Source: US Medicare (CMS Physician Fee Schedule)
Separate hospital and doctor payment schedules. Do not add together: we never sum them into a synthetic total.
Hospital published self-pay package price
$1,275 USD (single published tariff, n=1)Hospital published self-pay package priceColonoscopy KC — Dr. Jeffrey Earl — All-inclusive cash colonoscopy; screening or diagnostic · Schedule: 2026-10-15Source: Colonoscopy KC — Dr. Jeffrey Earl
$1,936 USD (single published tariff, n=1)Hospital published self-pay package priceNTTC Surgery Center — Diagnostic Colonoscopy procedure; cash flat-rate · Schedule: 2026-10-15Source: NTTC Surgery Center
PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME
— Not yet in our official snapshot for United States
Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution
public_tariff · PFS professional fee in facility; non-QP; excludes hospital, anaesthesia and implant · code 45378 · source period 2026-01
public_tariff · OPPS national unadjusted hospital outpatient facility payment; excludes separate professional fee · code 45378 · source period 2026-10
Countries in the index without official data for diagnostic colonoscopy yet: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Türkiye.
Public payment tariffs · United States · PFS professional fee in facility; non-QP; excludes hospital, anaesthesia and implant · 2026-01 · USD
Original source amounts. Each row retains its own scope and source period.
Public payment tariffs · United States · OPPS national unadjusted hospital outpatient facility payment; excludes separate professional fee · 2026-10 · USD
Original source amounts. Each row retains its own scope and source period.
median · waiting · specialty · 2026-08 · as_reported · no definition/provisional flag recorded
Only series with the same statistic, population, source period, scope, aggregation and definition flags share an axis. National definition deviations remain separate. These are historical statistics, not appointment availability.
p92 · waiting · specialty · 2026-08 · as_reported · no definition/provisional flag recorded
Only series with the same statistic, population, source period, scope, aggregation and definition flags share an axis. National definition deviations remain separate. These are historical statistics, not appointment availability.Inspect complete statistical table (all series, quantiles, procedure codes, FX rates & exclusions)
CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC). “CareFare Global Health Index: Diagnostic colonoscopy.” Version 1; evidence capture cutoff 2026-10-15. https://carefareglobal.com/index/colonoscopy-diag. Accessed: [YYYY-MM-DD: fill in access date].
BibTeX
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author = {{CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC)}},
title = {CareFare Global Health Index: Diagnostic colonoscopy},
publisher = {CareFare Global Health Index},
version = {1},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://carefareglobal.com/index/colonoscopy-diag},
urldate = {YYYY-MM-DD},
note = {Evidence capture cutoff: 2026-10-15. Fill in urldate before reuse; cite also the original source and source period.}
}
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NTTC Surgery Center — https://www.nttcsurgerycenter.com/procedures/gastrointestinal-procedures/ Source periods: 2026-10-15. Capture dates: 2026-10-15.
Buenos Aires City Ministry of Health (Argentina) — https://documentosboletinoficial.buenosaires.gob.ar/publico/PE-RES-MSGC-MSGC-2445-26-ANX.pdf Source periods: 2026-06-15/2026-07-14. Capture dates: 2026-10-15.
Ramsay Health Care UK — https://www.ramsayhealth.co.uk/hospitals/new-hall-hospital/patients/prices Source periods: 2026-10-15. Capture dates: 2026-10-15.