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

Hospitals in California

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Average payment across these 71 hospitals: $2,136National $1,594 · California $2,134
Median hospital: $2,087
Lowest to highest: $1,133–$2,442
Medicare procedures: 4,090

71 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
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido, CA · CCN 050115	12	$1,133	29% below the national average	$693	$15,293
Uci Health-OrangeOrange, CA · CCN 050348	427	$1,829	15% above the national average	$1,457	$6,903
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
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
Henry Mayo Newhall HospitalValencia, CA · CCN 050624	17	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$23,078
Huntington HospitalPasadena, CA · CCN 050438	23	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$23,136
Loma Linda University Medical Center-MurrietaMurrieta, CA · CCN 050770	23	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$7,300
MemorialCare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach, CA · CCN 050485	14	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$38,729
MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical CenterFountain Valley, CA · CCN 050678	19	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$22,147
Memorial Medical CenterModesto, CA · CCN 050557	14	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$11,205
Mercy Medical CenterMerced, CA · CCN 050444	13	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$18,023
Palomar Medical Center PowayPoway, CA · CCN 050636	17	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$5,375
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton, CA · CCN 050168	18	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$13,440
Riverside Community HospitalRiverside, CA · CCN 050022	11	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$19,990
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA · CCN 050262	33	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$16,685
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica, CA · CCN 050290	13	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$8,555
Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla, CA · CCN 050424	55	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$12,038
Sharp Memorial HospitalSan Diego, CA · CCN 050100	26	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$10,035
St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnard, CA · CCN 050082	11	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$17,733
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance, CA · CCN 050351	21	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$16,411
UCLA West Valley Medical CenterWest Hills, CA · CCN 050481	13	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,663	$49,239
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo, CA · CCN 050567	61	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,662	$9,798
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach, CA · CCN 050224	153	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,661	$12,747
Paradise Valley HospitalNational City, CA · CCN 050024 · +$1,531 outlier payments per case	63	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,661	$16,972
Oroville HospitalOroville, CA · CCN 050030	66	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,660	$5,985
MemorialCare Saddleback Medical CenterLaguna Hills, CA · CCN 050603	22	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,659	$35,794
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange, CA · CCN 050069	43	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,658	$11,709
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks, CA · CCN 050549	29	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,656	$35,118
Clovis Community Medical CenterClovis, CA · CCN 050492	17	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,654	$19,078
Community Memorial Hospital - VenturaVentura, CA · CCN 050394	23	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,654	$9,310
Providence Saint Joseph Medical CenterBurbank, CA · CCN 050235	20	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,653	$19,665
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale, CA · CCN 050239	35	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,647	$16,768
Lac/Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterTorrance, CA · CCN 050376	15	$2,087	31% above the national average	$1,637	$13,399
University Of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento, CA · CCN 050599	339	$2,113	33% above the national average	$1,681	$11,609
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael, CA · CCN 050516	11	$2,168	36% above the national average	$1,727	$30,560

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.