Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12 in Duluth, MN-WI
In Duluth, MN-WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12: from $561.66 to $1,295.26, with a median of $928.46. The lowest listed price is at Range Regional Health Services.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 42820, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 29, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Duluth, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range Regional Health Services lowest Hibbing, MN PR REMOVE TONSILS/ADENOIDS,<12 Y/O | $561.66 | $1,321.53 | 57% | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $1,295.26 | $2,381.00 | 46% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $561.66, median $928.46, highest $1,295.26 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $928.46. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.
| Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MNAS REMOVE TONSILS/ADENOIDS,<12 Y/O | $38.25 | file |