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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Tonsillectomy Primary/Secondary Age 12/>
Pompton Plains, NJ
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Chilton Medical Center’s median price of $3.8k is 9% above the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 58% 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: 9 payers, 16 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 cmc aetna ahs employee other · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 2 | Aetna cmc aetna medicare case rate · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 3 | Aetna cmc aetna nnj prime other · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 4 | Ambetter cmc ambetter wellcare of nj other · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 5 | Anthem cmc horizon braven other · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cmc horizon braven other · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 7 | Cigna cmc cigna medicare case rate · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 8 | Highmark cmc highmark wholecare / gateway health plan inc other · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 9 | Highmark cmc horizon braven other · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 10 | Tricare cmc tricare contract other · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 11 | Tricare cmc tricare-east (humana military) other · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 12 | WellCare cmc wellcare phw other · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 13 | WellCare cmc wellcare/fedelis medicare other · outpatient | $3,763 | $3,763 | $3,763 – $3,763 |
| 14 | Amerihealth Caritas cmc amerihealth caritas other · outpatient | $3,801 | $3,801 | $3,801 – $3,801 |
| 15 | Aetna cmc aetna case rate · outpatient | $5,161 | $5,161 | $5,161 – $5,161 |
| 16 | Aetna cmc aetna htc other · outpatient | $5,268 | $5,268 | $5,268 – $5,268 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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