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 551–600. 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
CGH Medical CenterSterling, IL · CCN 140043	19	$1,569	About average	$1,246	$9,510
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor, MI · CCN 230156	20	$1,570	About average	$1,251	$15,500
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse, NY · CCN 330140	35	$1,572	About average	$1,208	$6,691
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn, IL · CCN 140208	36	$1,572	About average	$1,239	$10,751
Community HospitalMunster, IN · CCN 150125	55	$1,573	About average	$1,245	$16,360
Knox Community HospitalMount Vernon, OH · CCN 360040	27	$1,573	About average	$1,250	$2,274
University Of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison, WI · CCN 520098	236	$1,574	About average	$1,248	$8,650
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station, TX · CCN 670088	21	$1,574	About average	$1,254	$4,666
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont, TX · CCN 450034	13	$1,574	About average	$1,254	$13,888
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood, TX · CCN 450775	22	$1,574	About average	$1,254	$35,535
Houston Methodist The Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands, TX · CCN 670122	20	$1,574	About average	$1,254	$41,389
Houston Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston, TX · CCN 450844	20	$1,574	About average	$1,254	$22,516
Memorial Hermann Memorial City HospitalHouston, TX · CCN 450610	17	$1,574	About average	$1,254	$13,988
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land, TX · CCN 450848	26	$1,574	About average	$1,254	$18,791
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear LakeWebster, TX · CCN 450617	21	$1,574	About average	$1,254	$40,543
Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty, TX · CCN 450847	15	$1,574	About average	$1,251	$17,026
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston, TX · CCN 450068	13	$1,574	About average	$1,248	$28,351
Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins, CO · CCN 060010	31	$1,574	About average	$1,240	$14,760
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire, WI · CCN 520070	34	$1,574	About average	$1,246	$7,877
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville, GA · CCN 110087	19	$1,575	About average	$1,255	$17,212
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper, GA · CCN 110225	24	$1,575	About average	$1,255	$20,932
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville, GA · CCN 110184	22	$1,575	About average	$1,255	$21,565
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram, GA · CCN 110042	17	$1,575	About average	$1,248	$18,510
Sanford Medical Center BismarckBismarck, ND · CCN 350015	55	$1,577	About average	$1,256	$5,203
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble FallsMarble Falls, TX · CCN 670108	28	$1,577	About average	$1,257	$5,095
Mary Washington HospitalFredericksburg, VA · CCN 490022	57	$1,578	About average	$1,257	$10,334
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster, PA · CCN 390100	41	$1,579	About average	$1,258	$9,855
Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterFredericksburg, VA · CCN 490141	46	$1,579	About average	$1,251	$11,544
Essentia Health VirginiaVirginia, MN · CCN 240084	29	$1,580	About average	$1,259	$3,033
Essentia Health DuluthDuluth, MN · CCN 240019	30	$1,580	About average	$1,257	$2,753
Range Regional Health ServicesHibbing, MN · CCN 240040	13	$1,580	About average	$1,253	$1,398
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · CCN 340141	97	$1,582	About average	$1,260	$11,494
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · CCN 340131	46	$1,582	About average	$1,259	$5,883
HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical CenterScottsdale, AZ · CCN 030038	16	$1,582	About average	$1,236	$22,771
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City, MI · CCN 230097	21	$1,584	About average	$1,262	$5,694
Gundersen Lutheran Medical CenterLa Crosse, WI · CCN 520087	64	$1,584	About average	$1,262	$7,370
United Regional Health Care SystemWichita Falls, TX · CCN 450010	29	$1,584	About average	$1,259	$11,503
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton, MO · CCN 260175	20	$1,587	About average	$1,265	$3,048
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee, WI · CCN 520177	83	$1,588	About average	$1,261	$14,496
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health CenterSioux Falls, SD · CCN 430016	106	$1,591	About average	$1,268	$13,000
Avera St LukesAberdeen, SD · CCN 430014	29	$1,591	About average	$1,268	$15,750
Sioux Falls Specialty HospitalSioux Falls, SD · CCN 430090	21	$1,591	About average	$1,268	$5,174
Sanford Medical Center FargoFargo, ND · CCN 350011	133	$1,591	About average	$1,267	$4,574
Essentia HealthFargo, ND · CCN 350070	13	$1,591	About average	$1,267	$5,976
Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional HospitalBillings, MT · CCN 270049	15	$1,592	About average	$1,256	$10,468
Inova Loudoun HospitalLeesburg, VA · CCN 490043	11	$1,592	About average	$1,268	$8,225
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington, VA · CCN 490050	54	$1,592	About average	$1,266	$8,338
Hendrick Medical CenterAbilene, TX · CCN 450229	18	$1,593	About average	$1,269	$33,148
Mymichigan Medical Center MidlandMidland, MI · CCN 230222	27	$1,594	About average	$1,270	$7,265
Boulder Community HealthBoulder, CO · CCN 060027	38	$1,594	About average	$1,269	$35,762

National trend

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

Average payment
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.