Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12 in Akron, OH
In Akron, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12: from $556.20 to $1,097.20, with a median of $826.70. The lowest listed price is at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 42820, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 11, 2025 and Jun 15, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Akron, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron lowest Akron, OH PR TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $556.20 | $927.00 | 40% | Nov 11, 2025 source file |
| Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $1,097.20 | $1,688.00 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $556.20, median $826.70, highest $1,097.20 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.
What it is
This is surgery to remove both the tonsils and the adenoids in a child younger than 12. It is commonly done for repeated throat infections or for snoring and breathing problems during sleep caused by large tonsils and adenoids.
What the price covers
The facility price covers the operating room and recovery. The surgeon's fee and anesthesia are usually billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 42820 ($4,249.19). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OHPR REMOVE TONSILS/ADENOIDS,<12 Y/O | $0.60 | file |