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 801–850. 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
PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham, WA · CCN 500030	19	$1,824	14% above the national average	$1,454	$11,780
Uci Health-OrangeOrange, CA · CCN 050348	427	$1,829	15% above the national average	$1,457	$6,903
St Michael Medical CenterSilverdale, WA · CCN 500039	13	$1,831	15% above the national average	$1,458	$20,649
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park, NY · CCN 330195	57	$1,837	15% above the national average	$1,448	$16,700
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ · CCN 310038	74	$1,856	16% above the national average	$1,470	$5,937
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla, NY · CCN 330234	27	$1,874	18% above the national average	$1,462	$50,530
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown, NJ · CCN 310015	62	$1,886	18% above the national average	$1,495	$15,364
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY · CCN 330059	74	$1,890	19% above the national average	$1,501	$10,228
Mount Sinai Beth IsraelNew York, NY · CCN 330169	70	$1,890	19% above the national average	$1,501	$4,470
Northwell Hospital Glen CoveGlen Cove, NY · CCN 330181	14	$1,891	19% above the national average	$1,502	$11,665
Hartford HospitalHartford, CT · CCN 070025	18	$1,893	19% above the national average	$1,509	$8,262
Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington, CT · CCN 070011	13	$1,893	19% above the national average	$1,509	$4,125
SUNY/Stony Brook University HospitalStony Brook, NY · CCN 330393	19	$1,896	19% above the national average	$1,500	$15,317
Overlook Medical CenterSummit, NJ · CCN 310051	39	$1,910	20% above the national average	$1,522	$13,400
Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT · CCN 070022	94	$1,910	20% above the national average	$1,522	$7,333
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York, NY · CCN 330214	103	$1,912	20% above the national average	$1,523	$30,673
Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport, CT · CCN 070010	12	$1,912	20% above the national average	$1,523	$11,978
Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich, CT · CCN 070018	15	$1,912	20% above the national average	$1,523	$12,322
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 330119	20	$1,912	20% above the national average	$1,523	$16,329
St Francis Hospital - The Heart CenterRoslyn, NY · CCN 330182	37	$1,912	20% above the national average	$1,524	$19,393
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield, MA · CCN 220046	23	$1,914	20% above the national average	$1,525	$9,896
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 330101	190	$1,923	21% above the national average	$1,529	$20,153
White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains, NY · CCN 330304	12	$1,924	21% above the national average	$1,531	$19,043
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown, NY · CCN 330157	15	$1,927	21% above the national average	$1,536	$5,972
Bassett HealthcareCooperstown, NY · CCN 330136	22	$1,927	21% above the national average	$1,536	$2,788
Englewood Hospital And Medical CenterEnglewood, NJ · CCN 310045	11	$1,931	21% above the national average	$1,539	$23,399
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ · CCN 310001	34	$1,931	21% above the national average	$1,539	$15,496
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 330024	24	$1,931	21% above the national average	$1,539	$14,527
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island, NY · CCN 330160	21	$1,931	21% above the national average	$1,539	$13,189
Valley HospitalParamus, NJ · CCN 310012	22	$1,931	21% above the national average	$1,539	$13,365
Adventist Health CastleKailua, HI · CCN 120006	47	$1,952	22% above the national average	$1,555	$7,101
The Queens Medical CenterHonolulu, HI · CCN 120001	22	$1,952	22% above the national average	$1,551	$14,090
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding, CA · CCN 050280	15	$1,976	24% above the national average	$1,550	$14,112
Saint Agnes Medical CenterFresno, CA · CCN 050093	19	$1,999	25% above the national average	$1,575	$11,813
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage, CA · CCN 050573	62	$2,010	26% above the national average	$1,577	$9,338
Adventist Health Simi ValleySimi Valley, CA · CCN 050236	14	$2,012	26% above the national average	$1,590	$10,373
Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica, CA · CCN 050112	52	$2,035	28% above the national average	$1,615	$10,657
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · CCN 050625	105	$2,039	28% above the national average	$1,615	$58,611
Scripps Memorial Hospital - EncinitasEncinitas, CA · CCN 050503	68	$2,047	28% above the national average	$1,623	$14,042
Temecula Valley HospitalTemecula, CA · CCN 050775	51	$2,054	29% above the national average	$1,627	$14,767
Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda, CA · CCN 050327	61	$2,059	29% above the national average	$1,635	$22,348
Asante Rogue Regional Medical CenterMedford, OR · CCN 380018	49	$2,061	29% above the national average	$1,640	$9,964
Sutter Tracy Community HospitalTracy, CA · CCN 050313	48	$2,062	29% above the national average	$1,619	$6,418
Keck Hospital Of USCLos Angeles, CA · CCN 050696	357	$2,074	30% above the national average	$1,650	$10,616
Enloe HealthChico, CA · CCN 050039	99	$2,074	30% above the national average	$1,652	$9,162
UCSan Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical CenterSan Diego, CA · CCN 050025	101	$2,076	30% above the national average	$1,652	$15,520
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield, CA · CCN 050455	31	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$23,912
Antelope Valley HospitalLancaster, CA · CCN 050056	11	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$9,738
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno, CA · CCN 050060	44	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$13,746
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa, CA · CCN 050026	29	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$8,702

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.