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; AGE 12 OR MORE
Overland Park, KS
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas’s median price of $425 is 88% below the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 11% 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: 7 payers, 40 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 all mo medicaid plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $211.78 | $211.78 | $211.78 – $211.78 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all mo medicaid plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $211.78 | $211.78 | $211.78 – $211.78 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all ks medicaid plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $231.29 | $231.29 | $231.29 – $231.29 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all ks medicaid plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $231.29 | $231.29 | $231.29 – $231.29 |
| 5 | Bcbs Ks php plan professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $347.11 | $347.11 | $347.11 – $347.11 |
| 6 | Bcbs Ks php plan professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $347.11 | $347.11 | $347.11 – $347.11 |
| 7 | Aetna aca marketplace/exchange plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $409.35 | $409.35 | $409.35 – $409.35 |
| 8 | Aetna aca marketplace/exchange plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $409.35 | $409.35 | $409.35 – $409.35 |
| 9 | Bcbs Ks aca marketplace/exchange plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $424.52 | $424.52 | $424.52 – $424.52 |
| 10 | Bcbs Ks aca marketplace/exchange plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $424.52 | $424.52 | $424.52 – $424.52 |
| 11 | Bcbs Ks all other commercial plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $424.52 | $424.52 | $424.52 – $424.52 |
| 12 | Bcbs Ks all other commercial plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $424.52 | $424.52 | $424.52 – $424.52 |
| 13 | Bcbs Ks blue advantage, blue care, blue select plus and federal employees plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $424.52 | $424.52 | $424.52 – $424.52 |
| 14 | Bcbs Ks blue advantage, blue care, blue select plus and federal employees plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $424.52 | $424.52 | $424.52 – $424.52 |
| 15 | Bcbs Ks blue high performance network professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $424.52 | $424.52 | $424.52 – $424.52 |
| 16 | Bcbs Ks blue high performance network professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $424.52 | $424.52 | $424.52 – $424.52 |
| 17 | Bcbs Ks preferred care blue plan professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $424.52 | $424.52 | $424.52 – $424.52 |
| 18 | Bcbs Ks preferred care blue plan professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $424.52 | $424.52 | $424.52 – $424.52 |
| 19 | Bcbs Ks preferred care plan professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $424.52 | $424.52 | $424.52 – $424.52 |
| 20 | Bcbs Ks preferred care plan professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $424.52 | $424.52 | $424.52 – $424.52 |
| 21 | MultiPlan all commercial plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $430.13 | $430.13 | $430.13 – $430.13 |
| 22 | MultiPlan all commercial plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $430.13 | $430.13 | $430.13 – $430.13 |
| 23 | Medica select by medica professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $440.17 | $440.17 | $440.17 – $440.17 |
| 24 | Medica select by medica professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $440.17 | $440.17 | $440.17 – $440.17 |
| 25 | Bcbs Ks freedom network plan professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $449.50 | $449.50 | $449.50 – $449.50 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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