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
PR TONSILLECTOMY PRIMARY/SECONDARY AGE 12/>
Princeton, IN
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Deaconess Health System Gibson General Hospital’s median price of $329 is 90% below the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 8% 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, 18 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 | Bcbs Il managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $202.50 | $202.50 | $202.50 – $202.50 |
| 2 | WellCare managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $202.50 | $202.50 | $202.50 – $202.50 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $234.86 | $234.86 | $234.86 – $234.86 |
| 4 | Anthem medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $234.86 | $234.86 | $234.86 – $234.86 |
| 5 | Bcbs Il medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $234.86 | $234.86 | $234.86 – $234.86 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $234.86 | $234.86 | $234.86 – $234.86 |
| 7 | WellCare dual medicare/medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $234.86 | $234.86 | $234.86 – $234.86 |
| 8 | WellCare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $234.86 | $234.86 | $234.86 – $234.86 |
| 9 | Anthem managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $236.54 | $236.54 | $236.54 – $236.54 |
| 10 | Caresource managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $236.54 | $236.54 | $236.54 – $236.54 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $236.54 | $236.54 | $236.54 – $236.54 |
| 12 | Caresource commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $270.09 | $270.09 | $234.86 – $305.32 |
| 13 | Ambetter commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $293.58 | $293.58 | $293.58 – $293.58 |
| 14 | Anthem commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $347.82 | $310.17 | $234.86 – $347.82 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $442.54 | $442.54 | $442.54 – $442.54 |
| 16 | Aetna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $680.96 | $680.96 | $680.96 – $680.96 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $680.96 | $680.96 | $680.96 – $680.96 |
| 18 | First Health commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $680.96 | $680.96 | $680.96 – $680.96 |
Last updated: Feb 11, 2026
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