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
DRAINAGE OF TONSIL ABSCESS
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Mid Hudson Regional Hospital’s median price of $2.9k is 649% above the median hospital's median price ($381), higher than 96% of the 2,032 hospitals reporting CPT 42700. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Jul 28, 2026
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