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Surgery and procedures CPT 42826 Nebraska Outpatient

Tonsillectomy, age 12+ cost in Nebraska

In Nebraska, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for tonsil removal (tonsillectomy) only, age 12 or older: from $1,590.84 to $6,218.25, with a median of $3,796.37. The lowest price is at Nebraska Methodist Hospital (Omaha). The highest price is 3.9× the lowest.

  • The median here, $3,796.37, is 11% below the US median of $4,277.65.
  • Nebraska ranks 11th of 35 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 42826. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 14, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,590.84Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Median$3,796.37half of hospitals charge less
Highest$6,218.25in Nebraska
Lowest saves$2,205.53vs the median

Hospitals in Nebraska, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Nebraska Methodist Hospital lowest Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA TONSILLECTOMY PRIMARY-SECONDARY AGE 12-GREATER THA $1,590.84 $4,419.00 Feb 14, 2026
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Methodist Fremont Health Fremont · Fremont, NE TONSILLECTOMY PRIMARY-SECONDARY AGE 12-GREATER THA $2,518.96 $6,808.00 Feb 16, 2026
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Box Butte General Hospital Alliance · Alliance, NE REMOVAL OF TONSILS $3,740.80 $4,676.00 Aug 18, 2026
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Kimball County Hospital Kimball · Kimball, NE Removal of tonsils (12 years or older) $3,851.93 $3,851.93 Oct 12, 2026
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Columbus Community Hospital one side Columbus · Columbus, NE REMOVAL OF TONSILS (12 YEARS OR OLDER) $6,157.90 $6,482.00 Mar 30, 2026
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Midwest Surgical Hospital Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA REMOVAL OF TONSILS (12 YEARS OR OLDER) $6,218.25 $8,291.00 Mar 5, 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
Omaha, NE-IA 2 $1,590.84 $3,904.54
Alliance, NE 1 $3,740.80 $3,740.80
Columbus, NE 1 $6,157.90 $6,157.90
Fremont, NE 1 $2,518.96 $2,518.96
Kimball, NE 1 $3,851.93 $3,851.93
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, age 12+ is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Tonsillectomy, age 12+ explained.

Tonsil removal (tonsillectomy) only, age 12 or older in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.