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.
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42820 - TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY LESS THAN AGE 12
Rock, AR
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Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock’s median price of $5.7k is 1% below the median hospital's median price ($5.8k), higher than 47% 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: 7 payers, 9 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 | Caresource all fee schedule · outpatient | $518.36 | $518.36 | $518.36 – $518.36 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all case rate · outpatient | $3,360 | $3,360 | $3,360 – $3,360 |
| 3 | Cigna all case rate · outpatient | $3,384 | $3,384 | $3,384 – $3,384 |
| 4 | Humana all fee schedule · outpatient | $5,618 | $5,618 | $5,618 – $5,618 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all fee schedule · outpatient | $5,673 | $5,673 | $5,673 – $5,673 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all fee schedule · outpatient | $5,753 | $5,753 | $5,753 – $5,753 |
| 7 | WellCare all fee schedule · outpatient | $5,922 | $5,922 | $5,922 – $5,922 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all case rate · outpatient | $8,551 | $8,551 | $8,439 – $8,662 |
| 9 | Ambetter all fee schedule · outpatient | $9,159 | $9,159 | $9,159 – $9,159 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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