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
PR TONSILLECTOMY PRIMARY/SECONDARY AGE 12/>
Berlin, VT
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Central Vermont Medical Center Inc’s median price of $366 is 89% below the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 10% 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: 5 payers, 8 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 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $206.86 | $206.86 | $190.09 – $223.63 |
| 2 | Humana tricare professional · fee schedule · both | $221.44 | $221.44 | $203.49 – $239.39 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $222.52 | $222.52 | $222.52 – $222.52 |
| 4 | Bcbs Vt indemnity professional · fee schedule · both | $369.15 | $369.15 | $369.15 – $369.15 |
| 5 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership professional · fee schedule · both | $369.15 | $369.15 | $369.15 – $369.15 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo for ny state employees professional · fee schedule · both | $484.01 | $484.01 | $444.77 – $523.24 |
| 7 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $565.16 | $565.16 | $565.16 – $565.16 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $584.85 | $584.85 | $584.85 – $584.85 |
Last updated: Oct 1, 2026
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