CPT 42830 · 1,110 hospitals reporting

Removal of adenoids

The same procedure costs $122 at one hospital and $37,948 at another — a 310× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,387.

Cheapest published

$122

6 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,110 hospitals

$2,387

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$37,948

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

268 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$4,769	$2,385	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$4,769	$2,385	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$4,769	$2,385	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$4,344	$2,389	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$4,803	$2,402	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$3,380	$2,366	$2,535	$11,563	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$3,380	$2,366	$2,199	$6,136	4 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$2,850	$2,366	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$2,850	$2,366	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$2,850	$2,366	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$2,850	$2,366	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$2,850	$2,366	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,850	$2,366	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$2,850	$2,366	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$2,850	$2,366	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$2,850	$2,366	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$2,850	$2,366	—	—	3 insurers
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,953	$2,362	—	—	2 insurers
HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE	IA	$2,736	$2,326	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$4,147	$2,322	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$24,654	$2,465	$2,574	$20,216	5 insurers
POCAHONTAS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,740	$2,466	—	—	0 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$9,176	$2,294	—	—	5 insurers
NEVADA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$2,268	$2,268	$680	$3,851	0 insurers
LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$2,526	$2,526	$519	$2,666	0 insurers
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$9,805	$2,610	—	—	5 insurers
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,469	$2,653	$227	$3,372	5 insurers
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL	KY	$5,035	$2,014	—	—	1 insurers
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$5,031	$2,012	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$7,148	$2,788	—	—	3 insurers
BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,798	$2,798	$1,245	$3,801	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$5,599	$1,960	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$5,599	$1,960	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$5,599	$1,960	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$5,599	$1,960	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$5,599	$1,960	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$5,599	$1,960	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$5,599	$1,960	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$5,599	$1,960	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers