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Surgery and procedures CPT 42825 Montana Outpatient

Tonsillectomy, child cost in Montana

In Montana, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for tonsil removal (tonsillectomy) only, child under 12: from $394.40 to $7,492.00, with a median of $851.20. The lowest price is at Providence St Joseph Medical Center (Polson). The highest price is 19.0× the lowest.

  • The median here, $851.20, is 84% below the US median of $5,433.37.
  • Montana ranks 2nd of 28 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 1 of 6 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

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 Oct 30, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$394.40Providence St Joseph Medical Center
Median$851.20half of hospitals charge less
Highest$7,492.00in Montana
Lowest saves$456.80vs the median

Hospitals in Montana, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Providence St Joseph Medical Center lowest Polson · Polson, MT HC PR 42825 REMOVAL OF TONSILLS PRIMARY OR SECONDARY/YOUNGER THAN 12 YRS $394.40 $493.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Sidney Health Center Sidney · Sidney, MT TONSILLECTOMY PRIME SECONDARY < AGE 12 $645.83 $1,043.00 Apr 30, 2026
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Big Sky Medical Center Big Sky · Bozeman, MT PR TONSILLECTOMY PRIMARY/SECONDARY <AGE 12 $851.20 $1,064.00 Jan 15, 2026
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Deaconess Regional Medical Center Bozeman · Bozeman, MT PR TONSILLECTOMY PRIMARY/SECONDARY <AGE 12 $851.20 $1,064.00 Jan 16, 2026
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Livingston HealthCare Livingston · Livingston, MT Removal of tonsils (younger than 12 years) $4,583.75 $4,825.00 Jun 25, 2026
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Great Falls Clinic Hospital Great Falls · Great Falls, MT REMOVAL OF TONSILS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) $7,492.00 $7,492.00 Feb 18, 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
Bozeman, MT 2 $851.20 $851.20
Great Falls, MT 1 $7,492.00 $7,492.00
Livingston, MT 1 $4,583.75 $4,583.75
Polson, MT 1 $394.40 $394.40
Sidney, MT 1 $645.83 $645.83
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.