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 ProFee
Grand Coulee, WA
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Coulee Medical Center’s median price of $819 is 76% below the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 16% 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, 9 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 | Tricare all facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $455.17 | $455.17 | $455.17 – $455.17 |
| 2 | Premera all facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $801.10 | $801.10 | $801.10 – $801.10 |
| 3 | Aetna all facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $819.31 | $819.31 | $819.31 – $819.31 |
| 4 | Cigna all facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $819.31 | $819.31 | $819.31 – $819.31 |
| 5 | Kaiser all facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $819.31 | $819.31 | $819.31 – $819.31 |
| 6 | Regence all facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $819.31 | $819.31 | $819.31 – $819.31 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $819.31 | $819.31 | $819.31 – $819.31 |
| 8 | MultiPlan all facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $837.52 | $837.52 | $837.52 – $837.52 |
| 9 | First Health all facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $864.83 | $864.83 | $864.83 – $864.83 |
Last updated: Jan 21, 2026
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