Surgery and procedures CPT 42821 Alabama Outpatient

Tonsil and adenoid removal, 12+ cost in Alabama

In Alabama, 11 hospitals publish a cash price for tonsil and adenoid removal, age 12 or older: from $423.75 to $11,902.56, with a median of $6,684.07. The lowest price is at UAB Medical West (Bessemer). The highest price is 28.1× the lowest.

  • The median here, $6,684.07, is 58% above the US median of $4,243.00.
  • Alabama ranks 28th of 34 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 42821. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 22, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$423.75UAB Medical West
Median$6,684.07half of hospitals charge less
Highest$11,902.56in Alabama
Lowest saves$6,260.32vs the median

Hospitals in Alabama, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
UAB Medical West lowest Bessemer · Birmingham, AL Tonsilectomy & Adenoidectomy A $423.75 $565.00 Jun 22, 2026
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Evergreen Medical Center Evergreen · Evergreen, AL REMOVE TONSILS & ADENOIDS >12 YO $2,386.80 $3,672.00 Sep 2, 2026
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The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham, AL Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy Age 12/> $2,874.05 $6,683.84 Mar 31, 2026
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Riverview Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL Remove Tonsils And Adenoids - 42821 - OR36042821 $2,959.00 $25,122.60 Sep 1, 2026
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Highlands Medical Center Scottsboro · Scottsboro, AL REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (12 YEARS OR OLDER) $6,521.10 $9,315.85 May 11, 2026
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Baldwin Health Foley · Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS $6,684.07 $37,133.73 Apr 1, 2026
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Medical Center Enterprise Enterprise · Enterprise, AL REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS $6,928.49 $76,983.18 Apr 1, 2026
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Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville · Huntsville, AL REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS $7,265.60 $40,364.44 Jan 1, 2026
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Gadsden Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS $9,097.71 $75,814.29 Apr 1, 2026
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Flowers Hospital Dothan · Dothan, AL REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS $9,116.15 $60,774.31 Apr 1, 2026
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Grandview Medical Center Birmingham · Birmingham, AL REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS $11,902.56 $79,350.39 Apr 1, 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
Birmingham, AL 3 $423.75 $2,874.05
Gadsden, AL 2 $2,959.00 $6,028.36
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL 1 $6,684.07 $6,684.07
Dothan, AL 1 $9,116.15 $9,116.15
Evergreen, AL 1 $2,386.80 $2,386.80
Enterprise, AL 1 $6,928.49 $6,928.49
Huntsville, AL 1 $7,265.60 $7,265.60
Scottsboro, AL 1 $6,521.10 $6,521.10
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, age 12 or older in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.