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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Removal of tonsils
Lubbock, TX
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Covenant Medical Center’s median price of $4.3k is 25% above the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 70% 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, 13 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 | Phcs all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,600 | $2,600 | $2,600 – $2,600 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,331 | $3,331 | $3,331 – $3,331 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,514 | $3,514 | $3,514 – $3,514 |
| 4 | Aetna preferred other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,944 | $3,944 | $1,463 – $6,424 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue essentials hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $4,008 | $4,008 | $4,008 – $4,008 |
| 6 | Aetna new business tier 1 other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $4,039 | $4,039 | $4,039 – $4,039 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield par traditional fee schedule · outpatient | $4,636 | $4,636 | $4,636 – $4,636 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ers blue essentials for healthselect members hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $5,317 | $5,317 | $5,317 – $5,317 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $5,553 | $5,553 | $5,553 – $5,553 |
| 10 | Aetna all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6,415 | $6,415 | $6,415 – $6,415 |
| 11 | Cigna oap fee schedule · outpatient | $6,976 | $6,976 | $6,976 – $6,976 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $7,215 | $7,215 | $7,215 – $7,215 |
| 13 | Cigna new buisness other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $7,790 | $7,790 | $7,790 – $7,790 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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