Outpatient procedure · APC 5153 · Surgery or procedure

Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $1,594 per procedure at 912 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $1,462 and $1,655.

Also known as: Bronchoscopy

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $1,594
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $1,462–$1,655
Medicare’s share: $1,26479% of the payment
Average billed charge: $12,314
Hospitals reporting: 91239,301 procedures

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904 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 3 Airway Endoscopy by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Central Vermont Medical CenterBarre, VT · CCN 470001	31	$559	65% below the national average	$216	$3,393
MetroHealth SystemCleveland, OH · CCN 360059	36	$606	62% below the national average	$320	$7,438
Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon, PA · CCN 390056	14	$606	62% below the national average	$483	$4,782
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta, OH · CCN 360147	14	$638	60% below the national average	$381	$10,038
University Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health CareBurlington, VT · CCN 470003	79	$744	53% below the national average	$403	$5,976
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson CampusTucson, AZ · CCN 030064	359	$778	51% below the national average	$619	$1,733
Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterBennington, VT · CCN 470012	15	$798	50% below the national average	$452	$8,009
Conway Medical CenterConway, SC · CCN 420049	34	$817	49% below the national average	$651	$3,422
University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati, OH · CCN 360003	92	$931	42% below the national average	$736	$10,255
Great Plains HealthNorth Platte, NE · CCN 280065	19	$941	41% below the national average	$748	$8,556
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke, VA · CCN 490024	62	$988	38% below the national average	$781	$7,173
Rutland Regional Medical CenterRutland, VT · CCN 470005	16	$991	38% below the national average	$655	$4,904
Memorial Hospital At GulfportGulfport, MS · CCN 250019	106	$1,003	37% below the national average	$797	$5,687
Yuma Regional Medical CenterYuma, AZ · CCN 030013	47	$1,016	36% below the national average	$810	$5,954
Carle Foundation HospitalUrbana, IL · CCN 140091	38	$1,024	36% below the national average	$811	$9,489
The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE · CCN 280013	196	$1,096	31% below the national average	$866	$4,355
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido, CA · CCN 050115	12	$1,133	29% below the national average	$693	$15,293
UH Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland, OH · CCN 360137	59	$1,153	28% below the national average	$916	$11,766
Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · CCN 190098	134	$1,171	27% below the national average	$926	$13,244
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA · CCN 110043	80	$1,180	26% below the national average	$933	$10,040
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN · CCN 440039	321	$1,181	26% below the national average	$939	$10,492
Baptist HospitalPensacola, FL · CCN 100093	57	$1,181	26% below the national average	$938	$8,102
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton, PA · CCN 390001	12	$1,188	25% below the national average	$926	$16,082
Lee Memorial HospitalFort Myers, FL · CCN 100012	50	$1,236	22% below the national average	$980	$12,531
Mountain View HospitalIdaho Falls, ID · CCN 130065	64	$1,236	22% below the national average	$980	$1,552
University Of Michigan Health - WestWyoming, MI · CCN 230236	21	$1,238	22% below the national average	$986	$4,655
Novant Health Hilton Head Medical CenterHilton Head Island, SC · CCN 420080	20	$1,243	22% below the national average	$943	$30,719
University Of Kansas HospitalKansas City, KS · CCN 170040	329	$1,246	22% below the national average	$990	$6,169
MH St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalYoungstown, OH · CCN 360064	12	$1,252	21% below the national average	$959	$14,289
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco, TX · CCN 450101	15	$1,285	19% below the national average	$974	$10,692
Concord HospitalConcord, NH · CCN 300001	41	$1,287	19% below the national average	$1,023	$6,628
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton, GA · CCN 110008	37	$1,294	19% below the national average	$1,029	$14,888
Bmh-Golden TriangleColumbus, MS · CCN 250100	11	$1,303	18% below the national average	$1,017	$8,863
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon, IL · CCN 140189	28	$1,304	18% below the national average	$1,039	$7,032
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain, OH · CCN 360172	15	$1,308	18% below the national average	$997	$15,706
O U Medical CenterOklahoma City, OK · CCN 370093	83	$1,311	18% below the national average	$1,038	$22,753
Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian, MS · CCN 250069	12	$1,311	18% below the national average	$1,026	$5,775
Northwest Medical Center-SpringdaleSpringdale, AR · CCN 040022	38	$1,312	18% below the national average	$1,021	$19,623
Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc.Jonesboro, AR · CCN 040118	18	$1,313	18% below the national average	$1,022	$10,287
Springhill Medical CenterMobile, AL · CCN 010144	13	$1,321	17% below the national average	$1,035	$6,301
Edward W Sparrow HospitalLansing, MI · CCN 230230	15	$1,322	17% below the national average	$1,021	$8,182
Billings Clinic HospitalBillings, MT · CCN 270004	62	$1,327	17% below the national average	$1,057	$3,135
Franklin Woods Community HospitalJohnson City, TN · CCN 440184	32	$1,327	17% below the national average	$1,031	$10,959
Integris Baptist Medical Center, IncOklahoma City, OK · CCN 370028	29	$1,329	17% below the national average	$1,032	$28,737
Baptist Memorial Hospital BoonevilleBooneville, MS · CCN 250044	40	$1,331	16% below the national average	$1,049	$10,879
Holland HospitalHolland, MI · CCN 230072	14	$1,331	16% below the national average	$1,043	$2,499
Lafayette Surgical Specialty HospitalLafayette, LA · CCN 190259	11	$1,340	16% below the national average	$1,036	$7,324
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson, MS · CCN 250048	42	$1,340	16% below the national average	$1,040	$8,491
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg, MS · CCN 250078	22	$1,341	16% below the national average	$1,060	$9,218
Dale Medical CenterOzark, AL · CCN 010021	23	$1,342	16% below the national average	$1,059	$2,653

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

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Average billed charge

2020: 30,421 procedures at 802 hospitals · 2021: 32,037 procedures at 798 hospitals · 2022: 32,640 procedures at 802 hospitals · 2023: 34,442 procedures at 848 hospitals · 2024: 39,301 procedures at 912 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$1,422	$9,990
2021	$1,494	$10K
2022	$1,515	$11K
2023	$1,566	$12K
2024	$1,594	$12K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Level 3 Airway Endoscopy, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	4	141	$737	$697–$846
Nebraska	7	402	$1,286	$1,283–$1,529
Tennessee	16	773	$1,317	$1,397–$1,462
Arizona	22	1,098	$1,334	$1,622–$1,655
Mississippi	14	873	$1,369	$1,333–$1,404
Kansas	12	693	$1,375	$1,438–$1,492
Louisiana	19	825	$1,380	$1,411–$1,438
Ohio	45	1,652	$1,381	$1,401–$1,476
Alabama	17	899	$1,404	$1,364–$1,407
West Virginia	10	392	$1,421	$1,403–$1,476
Oklahoma	14	513	$1,426	$1,423–$1,462
South Carolina	25	1,287	$1,443	$1,429–$1,464
Arkansas	16	483	$1,449	$1,430–$1,472
Kentucky	15	570	$1,456	$1,406–$1,496
Georgia	29	1,094	$1,473	$1,436–$1,547
Missouri	23	798	$1,482	$1,453–$1,528
Virginia	31	1,225	$1,491	$1,461–$1,571
Idaho	6	228	$1,492	$1,487–$1,630
Michigan	32	1,032	$1,503	$1,485–$1,516
Texas	67	2,256	$1,508	$1,473–$1,547
North Carolina	24	1,120	$1,510	$1,477–$1,528
Utah	7	296	$1,511	$1,478–$1,520
Florida	67	3,132	$1,513	$1,523–$1,537
Iowa	10	438	$1,521	$1,453–$1,514
Indiana	29	776	$1,527	$1,513–$1,546
New Hampshire	5	261	$1,535	$1,534–$1,658
Montana	6	206	$1,539	$1,571–$1,661
Maine	5	142	$1,552	$1,479–$1,595
New Mexico	6	173	$1,558	$1,484–$1,502
Wisconsin	15	681	$1,569	$1,522–$1,592
Illinois	38	1,535	$1,569	$1,569–$1,611
Pennsylvania	37	1,972	$1,594	$1,516–$1,637
South Dakota	7	259	$1,596	$1,576–$1,648
North Dakota	4	234	$1,604	$1,588–$1,620
Colorado	11	444	$1,611	$1,602–$1,616
Minnesota	15	629	$1,640	$1,588–$1,622
Delaware	3	132	$1,695	$1,696–$1,705
Washington	19	886	$1,716	$1,671–$1,784
Rhode Island	4	74	$1,722	$1,722–$1,722
District of Columbia	4	91	$1,727	$1,724–$1,737
Alaska	1	20	$1,752	$1,752–$1,752
Nevada	7	143	$1,770	$1,737–$1,818
Massachusetts	26	1,793	$1,814	$1,815–$1,823
New Jersey	20	616	$1,818	$1,777–$1,863
Oregon	9	383	$1,824	$1,762–$1,781
New York	29	1,232	$1,858	$1,800–$1,912
Connecticut	5	152	$1,907	$1,893–$1,912
Hawaii	3	81	$1,973	$1,952–$2,021
California	72	4,166	$2,134	$2,087–$2,235

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.