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Surgery and procedures CPT 42820 Tennessee Outpatient

Tonsillectomy, child cost in Tennessee

In Tennessee, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12: from $3,913.80 to $7,480.71, with a median of $4,333.59. The lowest price is at Metro Nashville General Hospital (Nashville). The highest price is 1.9× the lowest.

  • The median here, $4,333.59, is 22% below the US median of $5,589.78.
  • Tennessee ranks 8th 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 Oct 2, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$3,913.80Metro Nashville General Hospital
Median$4,333.59half of hospitals charge less
Highest$7,480.71in Tennessee
Lowest saves$419.79vs the median

Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Metro Nashville General Hospital lowest Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 42820 Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; younger than age 12 $3,913.80 $6,523.00 Sep 1, 2026
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Physicians Regional Medical Center Powell · Knoxville, TN REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS $3,953.07 $17,452.83 Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 $4,333.59 $19,698.12 Mar 19, 2026
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Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 $4,333.59 $19,698.12 Mar 19, 2026
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Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 $4,333.59 $19,698.12 Mar 19, 2026
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Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 $4,333.59 $19,698.12 Mar 19, 2026
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Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS $7,401.56 — Apr 14, 2026
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Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; younger than age 12 $7,480.71 $32,106.05 Jul 10, 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
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 4 $4,333.59 $4,333.59
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 3 $3,913.80 $7,401.56
Knoxville, TN 1 $3,953.07 $3,953.07
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.