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Surgery and procedures CPT 42825 Tennessee Outpatient

Tonsillectomy, child cost in Tennessee

In Tennessee, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for tonsil removal (tonsillectomy) only, child under 12: from $3,526.13 to $7,401.56, with a median of $3,526.13. The lowest price is at Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp (Memphis) and 3 other hospitals. The highest price is 2.1× the lowest.

  • The median here, $3,526.13, is 35% below the US median of $5,433.37.
  • Tennessee ranks 11th 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 28, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$3,526.13Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp + 3 more
Median$3,526.13half of hospitals charge less
Highest$7,401.56in Tennessee
Lowest saves$0.00vs the median

Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp lowest Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy Primary/Secondary <Age 12 $3,526.13 $16,027.86 Mar 19, 2026
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Methodist North Hospital lowest Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy Primary/Secondary <Age 12 $3,526.13 $16,027.86 Mar 19, 2026
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Methodist University Hospital lowest Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy Primary/Secondary <Age 12 $3,526.13 $16,027.86 Mar 19, 2026
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Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital lowest Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy Primary/Secondary <Age 12 $3,526.13 $16,027.86 Mar 19, 2026
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Sumner Regional Medical Center Gallatin · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Tonsillectomy, primary or secondary; younger than age 12 $3,994.03 $17,141.75 Jul 10, 2026
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Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN REMOVAL OF TONSILS $7,401.56 — Apr 14, 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
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 4 $3,526.13 $3,526.13
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 2 $3,994.03 $5,697.80
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.