Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 23 hospitals list a cash price for Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12: from $855.00 to $30,218.69, with a median of $7,000.36. The lowest listed price is at Maimonides Medical Center.
Cash prices at 23 facilities across 19 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 Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 5, 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maimonides Medical Center lowest Brooklyn, NY REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS | $855.00 | $855.00 | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing, NY REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) | $3,452.00 | $3,452.00 | — | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica, NY REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) | $3,862.00 | $3,862.00 | — | — source file |
| Hmh Hospitals Corporation Brick, NJ TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $5,915.66 | $10,303.00 | 43% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Hmh Hospitals Corporation Edison, NJ TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $5,915.66 | $10,303.00 | 43% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Jamaica, NY PR TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $6,048.05 | $747.00 | -710% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation New York, NY PR TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $6,048.05 | $749.00 | -707% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Brooklyn, NY PR TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $6,048.05 | $769.00 | -686% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Brooklyn, NY PR TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $6,048.05 | $769.00 | -686% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 | $6,464.04 | $46,143.19 | 86% | — source file |
| Hmh Hospitals Corporation Holmdel, NJ TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $6,547.81 | $9,176.00 | 29% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Hmh Hospitals Corporation Edison, NJ TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $6,553.49 | $10,303.00 | 36% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Saint Marys Hospital Passaic, NJ Remove tonsils and adenoids | $6,998.00 | $5,950.31 | -18% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Bronx, NY HC TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY; YOUNGER THAN AGE 12 | $7,000.36 | $14,922.16 | 53% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| NYC New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation New York, NY HC TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY; YOUNGER THAN AGE 12 | $7,000.36 | $14,922.16 | 53% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Bronx, NY HC TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY; YOUNGER THAN AGE 12 | $7,000.36 | $15,833.82 | 56% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Jamaica, NY HC TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY; YOUNGER THAN AGE 12 | $7,000.36 | $15,833.82 | 56% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Brooklyn, NY HC TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY; YOUNGER THAN AGE 12 | $7,000.36 | $14,922.16 | 53% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Brooklyn, NY HC TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY; YOUNGER THAN AGE 12 | $7,000.36 | $15,833.82 | 56% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation New York, NY HC TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY; YOUNGER THAN AGE 12 | $7,000.36 | $15,833.82 | 56% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation New York, NY HC TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY; YOUNGER THAN AGE 12 | $7,000.36 | $14,922.16 | 53% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Bronx, NY HC TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY; YOUNGER THAN AGE 12 | $7,000.36 | $15,833.82 | 56% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Brooklyn, NY HC TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY; YOUNGER THAN AGE 12 | $7,000.36 | $15,833.82 | 56% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Broadway Elmhurst, NY HC TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY; YOUNGER THAN AGE 12 | $7,000.36 | $14,922.16 | 53% | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 | $7,893.67 | $19,166.77 | 59% | — source file |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 | $7,893.67 | $18,132.60 | 56% | — source file |
| Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 | $7,893.67 | $18,681.08 | 58% | — source file |
| CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJ Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 | $7,893.67 | $19,136.99 | 59% | — source file |
| CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJ Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 | $7,893.67 | $19,166.77 | 59% | — source file |
| University Hospital Newark, NJ TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $7,933.86 | $17,705.65 | 55% | Aug 13, 2026 source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton, NY REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) | $12,412.00 | $12,412.00 | — | — source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) | $13,407.00 | $13,407.00 | — | — source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn, NY REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) | $16,411.37 | $16,411.37 | — | — source file |
| Njmhmc LLC Secaucus, NJ Removal of tonsils and adenoid glands (younger than 12 years) | $30,218.69 | $30,218.69 | — | Jan 19, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $855.00, median $7,000.36, highest $30,218.69 — a 35.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $855.00. 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.
| St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx, NYPR TONSILLECTOMY & ADENOIDECTOMY <AGE 12 | $343.29 | file |