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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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Specific hospitals up to 10

904 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 401–450. Download as CSV

HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
Whitesburg ARH HospitalWhitesburg, KY · CCN 18000212$1,525About average$1,215$12,694
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · CCN 34000125$1,525About average$1,215$17,234
Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 11008218$1,525About average$1,215$8,393
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · CCN 34009814$1,525About average$1,215$14,312
Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · CCN 34013012$1,525About average$1,215$14,420
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, SC · CCN 42003613$1,525About average$1,215$38,419
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · CCN 34017111$1,525About average$1,215$13,819
Tampa General HospitalTampa, FL · CCN 100128101$1,525About average$1,210$32,828
Marshfield Medical Center - Eau ClaireEau Claire, WI · CCN 52021015$1,525About average$1,215$5,924
Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena, MI · CCN 23003619$1,527About average$1,203$6,282
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth, TX · CCN 45013534$1,527About average$1,217$13,911
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano, TX · CCN 45077115$1,527About average$1,217$13,227
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall, TX · CCN 67004415$1,527About average$1,217$15,231
Texoma Medical CenterDenison, TX · CCN 45032436$1,527About average$1,217$31,070
Ascension ProvidenceWaco, TX · CCN 45004212$1,528About average$1,217$5,189
Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 34011415$1,528About average$1,217$8,461
WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · CCN 34006916$1,528About average$1,217$16,630
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 34007316$1,528About average$1,214$12,453
Baptist Health PaducahPaducah, KY · CCN 18010450$1,528About average$1,208$12,341
Aurora BayCare Medical CenterGreen Bay, WI · CCN 52019328$1,528About average$1,218$13,955
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson, MO · CCN 26009418$1,528About average$1,218$15,745
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach, MO · CCN 26018620$1,528About average$1,218$7,625
Bryan Medical CenterLincoln, NE · CCN 28000361$1,529About average$1,219$12,447
CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE · CCN 28006017$1,529About average$1,219$15,260
Methodist Jennie EdmundsonCouncil Bluffs, IA · CCN 16004740$1,529About average$1,217$4,383
The Nebraska Methodist HospitalOmaha, NE · CCN 28004039$1,530About average$1,211$13,844
Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton IncAppleton, WI · CCN 52016019$1,530About average$1,219$5,711
Unity Physicians HospitalMishawaka, IN · CCN 15017716$1,532About average$1,218$3,123
Medical City DentonDenton, TX · CCN 45063428$1,532About average$1,221$30,592
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth, TX · CCN 45067724$1,532About average$1,221$18,021
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine, TX · CCN 45056322$1,532About average$1,221$14,170
Lake Granbury Medical CenterGranbury, TX · CCN 45059611$1,532About average$1,221$50,011
Medical City AllianceFort Worth, TX · CCN 67010314$1,532About average$1,221$35,226
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth, TX · CCN 45067216$1,532About average$1,221$32,791
Riverview HealthNoblesville, IN · CCN 15005940$1,533About average$1,221$11,749
Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalBloomington, IN · CCN 15005112$1,533About average$1,221$18,801
Union Hospital IncTerre Haute, IN · CCN 15002322$1,533About average$1,213$12,341
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · CCN 11003575$1,533About average$1,218$19,133
Baxter HealthMountain Home, AR · CCN 04002715$1,533About average$1,222$9,732
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340047185$1,534About average$1,217$9,028
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · CCN 300003148$1,534About average$1,218$5,414
Reid HealthRichmond, IN · CCN 15004815$1,534About average$1,205$11,311
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, TX · CCN 45004621$1,534About average$1,222$11,421
Monument Health Spearfish HospitalSpearfish, SD · CCN 43004824$1,535About average$1,188$4,726
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial HospitalMuncie, IN · CCN 15008918$1,535About average$1,220$13,873
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau, MO · CCN 26018351$1,535About average$1,219$9,529
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 11008324$1,536About average$1,224$19,624
Jackson Health SystemMiami, FL · CCN 10002223$1,536About average$1,223$5,772
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro, GA · CCN 11007529$1,536About average$1,224$10,400
Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA · CCN 11005112$1,536About average$1,224$18,260

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
View data as a table
Year of careAverage paymentAverage 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.

Show all 49 states
StateHospitalsCasesAverage paymentTypical range
Vermont4141$737$697–$846
Nebraska7402$1,286$1,283–$1,529
Tennessee16773$1,317$1,397–$1,462
Arizona221,098$1,334$1,622–$1,655
Mississippi14873$1,369$1,333–$1,404
Kansas12693$1,375$1,438–$1,492
Louisiana19825$1,380$1,411–$1,438
Ohio451,652$1,381$1,401–$1,476
Alabama17899$1,404$1,364–$1,407
West Virginia10392$1,421$1,403–$1,476
Oklahoma14513$1,426$1,423–$1,462
South Carolina251,287$1,443$1,429–$1,464
Arkansas16483$1,449$1,430–$1,472
Kentucky15570$1,456$1,406–$1,496
Georgia291,094$1,473$1,436–$1,547
Missouri23798$1,482$1,453–$1,528
Virginia311,225$1,491$1,461–$1,571
Idaho6228$1,492$1,487–$1,630
Michigan321,032$1,503$1,485–$1,516
Texas672,256$1,508$1,473–$1,547
North Carolina241,120$1,510$1,477–$1,528
Utah7296$1,511$1,478–$1,520
Florida673,132$1,513$1,523–$1,537
Iowa10438$1,521$1,453–$1,514
Indiana29776$1,527$1,513–$1,546
New Hampshire5261$1,535$1,534–$1,658
Montana6206$1,539$1,571–$1,661
Maine5142$1,552$1,479–$1,595
New Mexico6173$1,558$1,484–$1,502
Wisconsin15681$1,569$1,522–$1,592
Illinois381,535$1,569$1,569–$1,611
Pennsylvania371,972$1,594$1,516–$1,637
South Dakota7259$1,596$1,576–$1,648
North Dakota4234$1,604$1,588–$1,620
Colorado11444$1,611$1,602–$1,616
Minnesota15629$1,640$1,588–$1,622
Delaware3132$1,695$1,696–$1,705
Washington19886$1,716$1,671–$1,784
Rhode Island474$1,722$1,722–$1,722
District of Columbia491$1,727$1,724–$1,737
Alaska120$1,752$1,752–$1,752
Nevada7143$1,770$1,737–$1,818
Massachusetts261,793$1,814$1,815–$1,823
New Jersey20616$1,818$1,777–$1,863
Oregon9383$1,824$1,762–$1,781
New York291,232$1,858$1,800–$1,912
Connecticut5152$1,907$1,893–$1,912
Hawaii381$1,973$1,952–$2,021
California724,166$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.