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
Somerville, NJ
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset’s median price of $3.2k is 731% above the median hospital's median price ($381), higher than 97% 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: Mar 4, 2026
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