CPT 42835 · 975 hospitals reporting

Adenoidectomy 12 & under (secondary)

The same procedure costs $114 at one hospital and $24,185 at another — a 211× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,911.

Cheapest published

$114

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

Median across 975 hospitals

$1,911

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

Most expensive

$24,185

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

Price distribution

152 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
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,730	$1,911	$2,048	$6,033	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,730	$1,911	$2,048	$6,136	4 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$3,724	$1,862	—	—	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$3,030	$1,818	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,780	$1,807	—	—	5 insurers
LUBBOCK HEART HOSPITAL LP	TX	$1,794	$1,794	—	—	5 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$2,414	$2,051	—	—	0 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$3,462	$1,731	—	—	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,522	$1,513	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$2,418	$1,451	$1,330	$8,427	5 insurers
SUSAN B ALLEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$2,208	$1,435	—	—	2 insurers
OAKLEAF SURGICAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,723	$2,451	$570	$2,723	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$24,612	$2,461	$2,574	$20,182	5 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$3,838	$1,343	$1	$5,962	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$2,347	$1,291	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	3 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-TROUSDALE WITH ASCENSION SAINT	TN	$11,239	$2,619	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT TH	TN	$11,239	$2,619	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$5,256	$2,628	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$5,256	$2,628	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$5,256	$2,628	—	—	5 insurers
SUNY/STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NY	$2,695	$2,695	—	—	1 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$975	$975	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$975	$975	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$832	$832	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$974	$828	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$974	$828	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$2,969	$819	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$984	$787	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$4,029	$766	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	TX	$3,259	$3,096	—	—	0 insurers