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Removal of tonsils and adenoid glands (younger than 12 years)
Tehachapi, CA
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Adventist Health Medical Center Tehachapi’s median price of $312 is 95% below the median hospital's median price ($5.8k), higher than 6% of the 1,858 hospitals reporting CPT 42820. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 11 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $168.65 | $168.65 | $168.65 – $168.65 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield fee schedule · outpatient | $265.74 | $265.74 | $265.74 – $265.74 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $265.74 | $265.74 | $265.74 – $265.74 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $280.76 | $280.76 | $280.76 – $280.76 |
| 5 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $305.60 | $305.60 | $305.60 – $305.60 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $334.13 | $334.13 | $334.13 – $334.13 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $376.27 | $376.27 | $376.27 – $376.27 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $376.27 | $376.27 | $376.27 – $376.27 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $435.81 | $435.81 | $435.81 – $435.81 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn fee schedule · outpatient | $460.55 | $460.55 | $460.55 – $460.55 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $551.12 | $551.12 | $551.12 – $551.12 |
Last updated: May 21, 2026
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