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 AND ADENOIDECTOMY; YOUNGER THAN AGE 12
Hendersonville, NC
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Henderson County Hospital Corporation’s median price of $5.7k is 2% below the median hospital's median price ($5.8k), higher than 47% of the 1,862 hospitals reporting CPT 42820. 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, 7 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 | Cigna commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $4,254 | $4,254 | $4,254 – $4,254 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,368 | $5,368 | $5,368 – $5,368 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,534 | $5,534 | $5,534 – $5,534 |
| 4 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,534 | $5,534 | $5,534 – $5,534 |
| 5 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,811 | $5,811 | $5,811 – $5,811 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,811 | $5,811 | $5,811 – $5,811 |
| 7 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,867 | $5,867 | $5,867 – $5,867 |
Last updated: Jun 18, 2026
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