Tonsillectomy, age 12+ cost in Akron, OH
In Akron, OH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for tonsil removal (tonsillectomy) only, age 12 or older: from $480.00 to $897.00, with a median of $712.50. The lowest listed price is at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron — $232.50 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $5,255.82 at 26 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 42826, 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 19, 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 | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron lowest Akron, OH · (330) 543-8290 PR TONSILLECTOMY PRIMARY/SECONDARY AGE 12/> | $480.00 | $800.00 | $209.77–$725.15 | 40% | Nov 11, 2025 source file |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center Fairlawn, OH Removal of tonsils (12 years or older) | $712.50 | $950.00 | $222.62–$807.50 | 25% | Jun 19, 2026 source file |
| Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH · (330) 344-6000 TONSILLECTOMY PRIMARY/SECONDARY AGE 12/> | $897.00 | $1,380.00 | $1.10–$5,497.86 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $480.00, median $712.50, highest $897.00 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This is surgery to remove the tonsils, without the adenoids, in someone age 12 or older. It is done for repeated throat infections, large tonsils that block breathing during sleep, or other tonsil problems.
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 42826 ($2,735.53). 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 REMOVAL OF TONSILS,12+ Y/O | $0.60 | file |