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
TONSILLECTOMY, PRIMARY OR SECONDARY; AGE 12 OR OVER
Columbus, MS
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle’s median price of $5.3k is 54% above the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 80% of the 1,919 hospitals reporting CPT 42826. 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, 12 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 | UnitedHealthcare chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,489 | $1,489 | $1,489 – $1,489 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,793 | $1,793 | $1,793 – $1,793 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare options ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,199 | $2,199 | $2,199 – $2,199 |
| 4 | Humana behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,966 | $2,966 | $2,966 – $2,966 |
| 5 | Devoted medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,026 | $3,026 | $3,026 – $3,026 |
| 6 | Molina medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,026 | $3,026 | $3,026 – $3,026 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,055 | $3,055 | $3,055 – $3,055 |
| 8 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,055 | $3,055 | $2,996 – $3,115 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,115 | $3,115 | $3,115 – $3,115 |
| 10 | Molina chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,191 | $5,191 | $5,191 – $5,191 |
| 11 | Molina exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,488 | $5,488 | $5,488 – $5,488 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $13,093 | $13,093 | $13,093 – $13,093 |
Last updated: Feb 27, 2026
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