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
HC REMOVAL OF TONSILS,12+ Y/O
Minneapolis, MN
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Fairview Health Services’s median price of $3.2k is 7% below the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 38% 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: 12 payers, 66 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 | Ucare government transplant fee schedule · both | $181.21 | $181.21 | $181.21 – $181.21 |
| 2 | Ucare pmap fee schedule · both | $181.21 | $181.21 | $181.21 – $181.21 |
| 3 | Medica managed medicaid/accessability fee schedule · both | $189.78 | $189.78 | $189.78 – $189.78 |
| 4 | Bcbs Mn pmap fee schedule · both | $203.06 | $203.06 | $203.06 – $203.06 |
| 5 | Sanford Health Plan medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $240.84 | $240.84 | $240.84 – $240.84 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $240.84 | $240.84 | $240.84 – $240.84 |
| 7 | WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $240.84 | $240.84 | $240.84 – $240.84 |
| 8 | Bcbs Mn medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $250.47 | $250.47 | $250.47 – $250.47 |
| 9 | Medica medicare advantage non-snp fee schedule · both | $258.97 | $258.97 | $258.97 – $258.97 |
| 10 | Optum medicaid transplant fee schedule · both | $260.11 | $260.11 | $260.11 – $260.11 |
| 11 | Optum medicare transplant fee schedule · both | $260.11 | $260.11 | $260.11 – $260.11 |
| 12 | Ucare medicare advantage/msho fee schedule · both | $260.11 | $260.11 | $260.11 – $260.11 |
| 13 | Medica msho/medicare advantage snp fee schedule · both | $263.85 | $263.85 | $263.85 – $263.85 |
| 14 | Ucare individual and family with m health fairview fee schedule · both | $635.58 | $635.58 | $635.58 – $635.58 |
| 15 | Ucare commercial transplant fee schedule · both | $669.54 | $669.54 | $669.54 – $669.54 |
| 16 | Ucare individual and family fee schedule · both | $669.54 | $669.54 | $669.54 – $669.54 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare commercial fee schedule · both | $749.41 | $749.41 | $749.41 – $749.41 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare core fee schedule · both | $749.41 | $749.41 | $749.41 – $749.41 |
| 19 | Medica bold fee schedule · both | $760.36 | $760.36 | $760.36 – $760.36 |
| 20 | Medica vantage self insured fee schedule · both | $823.72 | $823.72 | $823.72 – $823.72 |
| 21 | Medica city of st. paul/essential fee schedule · both | $844.84 | $844.84 | $844.84 – $844.84 |
| 22 | Medica individual and family business except aco fee schedule · both | $844.84 | $844.84 | $844.84 – $844.84 |
| 23 | Bcbs Mn aware federal fee schedule · both | $868.95 | $868.95 | $868.95 – $868.95 |
| 24 | Bcbs Mn national transplant fee schedule · both | $868.95 | $868.95 | $868.95 – $868.95 |
| 25 | Medica choice fee schedule · both | $874.34 | $874.34 | $874.34 – $874.34 |
Last updated: Feb 6, 2026
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