Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12 in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12: from $530.28 to $530.28, with a median of $530.28.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN REMOVE TONSILS/ADENOIDS,<12 Y/O | $530.28 | $982.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $530.28, median $530.28, highest $530.28.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $530.28. 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.
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TNREMOVE TONSILS/ADENOIDS,<12 Y/O | $284.78 | file |