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Surgery and procedures CPT 42820 Washington Outpatient

Tonsillectomy, child cost in Washington

In Washington, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12: from $578.00 to $31,217.35, with a median of $6,898.46. The lowest price is at Kittitas County Public Hospital Dist 1 (Ellensburg). The highest price is 54.0× the lowest.

  • The median here, $6,898.46, is 23% above the US median of $5,589.78.
  • Washington ranks 21st of 31 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Washington law (RCW 70.170.060) requires hospital charity care: patients with family income up to 300% of the federal poverty level owe nothing at hospitals in large health systems (200% at other hospitals), with 75% and 50% discounts up to 400% (300% at other hospitals). It covers the part of the bill a patient owes, insured or not. Ask the hospital for its charity care application. Other states' laws.

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$578.00Kittitas County Public Hospital Dist 1
Median$6,898.46half of hospitals charge less
Highest$31,217.35in Washington
Lowest saves$6,320.46vs the median

Hospitals in Washington, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Kittitas County Public Hospital Dist 1 lowest Ellensburg · Ellensburg, WA Removal of tonsils and adenoid glands (younger than 12 years) $578.00 $680.00 Oct 7, 2026
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Forks Community Hospital Forks · Port Townsend, WA Removal of tonsils and adenoid glands (younger than 12 years) $1,848.00 $2,310.00 Oct 27, 2026
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PeaceHealth St John Medical Center Longview · Longview-Kelso, WA REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) $5,311.15 $8,171.00 Mar 21, 2026
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Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA *TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY- UNDER AGE 12-FAC $6,523.41 $12,791.00 Jan 1, 2026
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PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center Bellingham · Bellingham, WA REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) $7,273.50 $11,190.00 Mar 21, 2026
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PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Vancouver · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) $8,069.10 $12,414.00 Mar 20, 2026
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Valley Medical Center Renton · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 $10,648.17 $15,211.67 Mar 12, 2026
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Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 $31,217.35 — Mar 31, 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
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3 $6,523.41 $10,648.17
Bellingham, WA 1 $7,273.50 $7,273.50
Ellensburg, WA 1 $578.00 $578.00
Longview-Kelso, WA 1 $5,311.15 $5,311.15
Port Townsend, WA 1 $1,848.00 $1,848.00
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 1 $8,069.10 $8,069.10
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

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Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12 in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.