Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Exc/Dstrj Lingual Tonsil Any Method Spx
Low
$0
Average
$7.5k
Median
$3.0k
High
$97.5k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $22.3k | $23.7k | $11.2k | 47% | 35–350 | $5.2k – $44.7k |
| 2 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $61.3k | $61.2k | $34.2k | 56% | 33–330 | $4.2k – $102.2k |
| 3 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $28.2k | $25.3k | $13.8k | 55% | 21–210 | $7.4k – $44.7k |
| 4 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN | $3.3k | $3.0k | $2.0k | 65% | 2–20 | $582 – $9.0k |
| 5 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $2.2k | $2.3k | $1.1k | 48% | 2–20 | $1.0k – $24.1k |
| 6 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV | $10.3k | $10.3k | $2.3k | 23% | 2–20 | $8.0k – $12.7k |
| 7 | Baptist Hospital Of Miami MIAMI, FL | $10.2k | $10.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $10.2k – $10.2k |
| 8 | Mayo Clinic Florida Jacksonville, FL | $5.1k | $5.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.1k – $5.1k |
| 9 | Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc. Avon, IN | $11.0k | $11.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $11.0k – $11.0k |
| 10 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR | $0 | $0 | — | — | 1–10 | $0 – $0 |
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