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Surgery and procedures CPT 42820 Oklahoma Outpatient

Tonsillectomy, child cost in Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12: from $698.60 to $12,060.84, with a median of $4,767.86. The lowest price is at OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center (Oklahoma City). The highest price is 17.3× the lowest.

  • The median here, $4,767.86, is 15% below the US median of $5,589.78.
  • Oklahoma ranks 9th of 31 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 42820. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$698.60OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Median$4,767.86half of hospitals charge less
Highest$12,060.84in Oklahoma
Lowest saves$4,069.26vs the median

Hospitals in Oklahoma, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center lowest Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) $698.60 $6,986.00 Mar 25, 2026
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Newman Memorial Hospital Shattuck · Shattuck, OK HP REMV TONSILS AND ADENOIDS UNDER 12 YRS $712.42 $890.52 Jul 10, 2026
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McAlester Regional Health Center McAlester · McAlester, OK REMOVE TONSILS/ADENOIDS <12 YR $2,020.80 $5,052.00 Oct 22, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 $4,367.71 $6,719.55 Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Ada Ada · Ada, OK Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 $5,168.01 $7,950.78 Jun 11, 2026
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Mangum Regional Medical Center Mangum · Mangum, OK Removal of tonsils and adenoid glands (younger than 12 years) $6,006.42 $11,123.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Choctaw Memorial Hospital Hugo · Hugo, OK TONSIL & ADENOID REMOVAL <12YRS OLD $6,196.50 $12,393.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Duncan Regional Hospital Duncan · Duncan, OK REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS $12,060.84 — Mar 14, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Oklahoma City, OK 2 $698.60 $2,533.16
Ada, OK 1 $5,168.01 $5,168.01
Duncan, OK 1 $12,060.84 $12,060.84
Hugo, OK 1 $6,196.50 $6,196.50
Mangum, OK 1 $6,006.42 $6,006.42
McAlester, OK 1 $2,020.80 $2,020.80
Shattuck, OK 1 $712.42 $712.42
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What tonsillectomy, child is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Tonsillectomy, child explained.

Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12 in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.