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
Jonesboro, AR
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-NEA’s median price of $4.5k is 30% above the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 72% 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: 8 payers, 18 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 | Cigna medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 – $1.00 |
| 2 | Caresource medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $373.89 | $373.89 | $373.89 – $373.89 |
| 3 | Aetna workers compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $520.03 | $520.03 | $520.03 – $520.03 |
| 4 | Cigna workers compensation facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $547.40 | $547.40 | $547.40 – $547.40 |
| 5 | Humana pho facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $850.00 | $850.00 | $850.00 – $850.00 |
| 6 | Aetna pho facility · case rate · outpatient | $932.00 | $932.00 | $932.00 – $932.00 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,511 | $1,511 | $1,511 – $1,511 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,893 | $2,893 | $2,893 – $2,893 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield trueblue exchange ppo/trueblue non-exchange ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,893 | $2,893 | $2,893 – $2,893 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield trueblue individual metallic-level plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,893 | $2,893 | $2,893 – $2,893 |
| 11 | MultiPlan mpi primary network facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,972 | $2,972 | $2,972 – $2,972 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medi-pak facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,988 | $2,988 | $2,988 – $2,988 |
| 13 | Cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,018 | $3,018 | $3,018 – $3,018 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,048 | $3,048 | $3,048 – $3,048 |
| 15 | Devoted medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,048 | $3,048 | $3,048 – $3,048 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,078 | $3,078 | $3,078 – $3,078 |
| 17 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,138 | $3,138 | $3,138 – $3,138 |
| 18 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,138 | $3,138 | $3,138 – $3,138 |
Last updated: Feb 27, 2026
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