Surgery and procedures CPT 42820 Outpatient

Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12 in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR

In Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12: from $3,600.00 to $5,589.78, with a median of $4,594.89. The lowest listed price is at Arkansas Childrens Northwest.

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 — and —.

Lowest$3,600.00Arkansas Childrens Northwest
Median$4,594.89half pay less
Highest$5,589.78in this market
Difference1.6×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR.

median
Lowest $3,600.00Highest $5,589.78

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Arkansas Childrens Northwest lowest Springdale, AR REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) $3,600.00 $4,000.00 10%
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Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, AR Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 $5,589.78 $8,599.66 35%
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Outpatient: lowest $3,600.00, median $4,594.89, highest $5,589.78 — a 1.6× 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.

Ozarks Community Hospital Gravette, ARO/R REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS < AGE 12 $332.80 file