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
Incis Abscess Peritonsillar ED Charge
Astoria, OR
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Columbia Lutheran Charities’s median price of $285 is 25% below the median hospital's median price ($381), higher than 32% of the 2,032 hospitals reporting CPT 42700. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Jan 5, 2026
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