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
Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $3.2k is 8% below the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 37% 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: 6 payers, 8 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,183 | $3,183 | $3,183 – $3,183 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,183 | $3,183 | $3,183 – $3,183 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,183 | $3,183 | $3,183 – $3,183 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,183 | $3,183 | $3,183 – $3,183 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,183 | $3,183 | $3,183 – $3,183 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,065 | $5,065 | $5,065 – $5,065 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · case rate · outpatient | $5,743 | $5,743 | $5,743 – $5,743 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $5,743 | $5,743 | $5,743 – $5,743 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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