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Surgery and procedures CPT 42825 Minnesota Outpatient

Tonsillectomy, child cost in Minnesota

In Minnesota, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for tonsil removal (tonsillectomy) only, child under 12: from $406.72 to $13,636.00, with a median of $693.26. The lowest price is at Lakewood Health System (Staples). The highest price is 33.5× the lowest.

  • The median here, $693.26, is 87% below the US median of $5,433.37.
  • Minnesota has the lowest median of 28 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
  • 1 of 8 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. §144.589): a hospital may not charge an uninsured patient whose household income is under $125,000 more than the lowest amount it would be paid for the same service by a private insurer, counting the insured patient's share. If the cash price below is higher, ask the billing office to apply this limit. Each hospital's page here shows the range of insurer rates in its own file (the "Insurers pay" column), a starting point when you ask. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 42825. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$406.72Lakewood Health System
Median$693.26half of hospitals charge less
Highest$13,636.00in Minnesota
Lowest saves$286.54vs the median

Hospitals in Minnesota, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Lakewood Health System lowest Staples · Staples, MN Removal of tonsils (younger than 12 years) $406.72 $656.00 Sep 11, 2026
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Stevens Community Medical Center Morris · Morris, MN Removal of tonsils (younger than 12 years) $418.50 $558.00 Jun 26, 2026
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Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet · Duluth, MN-WI ENT-TONSILLECTOMY, < AGE 12 $563.20 $880.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Perham Health Perham · Fergus Falls, MN Removal of tonsils (younger than 12 years) $667.55 $1,027.00 Feb 1, 2026
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Lifecare Medical Center Roseau · Roseau, MN Removal of tonsils (younger than 12 years) $718.96 $817.00 Aug 5, 2026
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Fairview Maple Grove Surgery Center Maple Grove · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC REMOVAL OF TONSILS,<12 Y/O $1,944.45 $4,849.00 May 18, 2026
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Methodist Hospital St. Louis Park · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Removal of tonsils $4,587.96 $17,646.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Childrens Health Care Minneapolis · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Tonsillectomy, primary or secondary; younger than age 12 $13,636.00 $13,636.00 May 7, 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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3 $1,944.45 $4,587.96
Duluth, MN-WI 1 $563.20 $563.20
Fergus Falls, MN 1 $667.55 $667.55
Morris, MN 1 $418.50 $418.50
Roseau, MN 1 $718.96 $718.96
Staples, MN 1 $406.72 $406.72
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 removal (tonsillectomy) only, child under 12 in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.