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
EXCISION OF LINGUAL TONSIL
Mobile, AL
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USA Health University Hospital’s median price of $548 is 91% below the median hospital's median price ($5.8k), higher than 6% of the 1,532 hospitals reporting CPT 42870. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Apr 30, 2026
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