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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 Georgia

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Average payment across these 29 hospitals: $1,473National $1,594 · Georgia $1,473
Median hospital: $1,525
Lowest to highest: $1,180–$1,575
Medicare procedures: 1,094

29 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. 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
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA · CCN 110043	80	$1,180	26% below the national average	$933	$10,040
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton, GA · CCN 110008	37	$1,294	19% below the national average	$1,029	$14,888
Candler HospitalSavannah, GA · CCN 110024	144	$1,419	11% below the national average	$1,127	$6,484
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus, GA · CCN 110064	16	$1,435	About average	$1,143	$11,355
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus, GA · CCN 110129	18	$1,435	About average	$1,143	$9,225
Doctors HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110177	25	$1,436	About average	$1,144	$32,128
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110028	13	$1,436	About average	$1,144	$12,683
Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Medical ColAugusta, GA · CCN 110034	49	$1,436	About average	$1,138	$12,027
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan, GA · CCN 110229	31	$1,454	About average	$1,134	$18,992
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens, GA · CCN 110074	33	$1,468	About average	$1,162	$22,875
Atrium Health Navicent The Medical CenterMacon, GA · CCN 110107	44	$1,490	About average	$1,179	$14,057
Colquitt Regional Medical CenterMoultrie, GA · CCN 110105	34	$1,514	About average	$1,206	$4,599
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany, GA · CCN 110007	16	$1,518	About average	$1,193	$15,105
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick, GA · CCN 110025	37	$1,524	About average	$1,200	$8,265
Emory University HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110010	21	$1,525	About average	$1,195	$8,195
Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 110082	18	$1,525	About average	$1,215	$8,393
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · CCN 110035	75	$1,533	About average	$1,218	$19,133
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 110083	24	$1,536	About average	$1,224	$19,624
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro, GA · CCN 110075	29	$1,536	About average	$1,224	$10,400
Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA · CCN 110051	12	$1,536	About average	$1,224	$18,260
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming, GA · CCN 110005	91	$1,539	About average	$1,221	$15,558
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA · CCN 110023	12	$1,547	About average	$1,233	$19,418
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville, GA · CCN 110029	26	$1,547	About average	$1,233	$22,455
Northside HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110161	49	$1,550	About average	$1,229	$20,017
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta, GA · CCN 110078	78	$1,559	About average	$1,239	$5,491
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

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.