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Surgery and procedures CPT 42825 Nebraska Outpatient

Tonsillectomy, child cost in Nebraska

In Nebraska, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for tonsil removal (tonsillectomy) only, child under 12: from $429.00 to $9,940.80, with a median of $3,167.57. The lowest price is at Saunders Medical Center (Wahoo). The highest price is 23.2× the lowest.

  • The median here, $3,167.57, is 42% below the US median of $5,433.37.
  • Nebraska ranks 10th of 28 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 42825. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$429.00Saunders Medical Center
Median$3,167.57half of hospitals charge less
Highest$9,940.80in Nebraska
Lowest saves$2,738.57vs the median

Hospitals in Nebraska, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Saunders Medical Center lowest Wahoo · Omaha, NE-IA PF TONSIL UNDER 12 $429.00 $572.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Memorial Community Hospital Blair · Omaha, NE-IA Removal of tonsils (younger than 12 years) $563.20 $704.00 Jul 15, 2026
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Methodist Fremont Health Fremont · Fremont, NE Tonsillectomy Primary or Secondary Under Age 12 $3,167.57 $8,561.00 Feb 16, 2026
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Midwest Surgical Hospital Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA REMOVAL OF TONSILS $6,529.50 $8,706.00 Mar 5, 2026
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Columbus Community Hospital Columbus · Columbus, NE REMOVAL OF TONSILS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) $9,940.80 $10,464.00 Mar 30, 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
Omaha, NE-IA 3 $429.00 $563.20
Columbus, NE 1 $9,940.80 $9,940.80
Fremont, NE 1 $3,167.57 $3,167.57
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.