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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 Missouri

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Average payment across these 23 hospitals: $1,482National $1,594 · Missouri $1,482
Median hospital: $1,484
Lowest to highest: $1,379–$1,618
Medicare procedures: 798

23 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
University Of Missouri Health CareColumbia, MO · CCN 260141	67	$1,379	13% below the national average	$1,098	$8,401
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO · CCN 260040	68	$1,397	12% below the national average	$1,101	$12,544
Boone Hospital CenterColumbia, MO · CCN 260068	31	$1,409	12% below the national average	$1,115	$9,742
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield, MO · CCN 260065	29	$1,427	10% below the national average	$1,137	$9,718
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin, MO · CCN 260137	36	$1,427	10% below the national average	$1,132	$7,793
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis, MO · CCN 260020	16	$1,449	About average	$1,129	$6,275
St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas CityKansas City, MO · CCN 260138	48	$1,458	About average	$1,150	$20,392
Research Medical CenterKansas City, MO · CCN 260027	12	$1,482	About average	$1,181	$23,130
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City, MO · CCN 260062	11	$1,482	About average	$1,181	$29,115
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City, MO · CCN 260096	25	$1,482	About average	$1,178	$11,782
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis, MO · CCN 260180	15	$1,484	About average	$1,182	$9,529
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis, MO · CCN 260108	43	$1,484	About average	$1,182	$10,189
SSM Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis, MO · CCN 260105	64	$1,484	About average	$1,181	$4,118
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis, MO · CCN 260032	77	$1,486	About average	$1,175	$11,275
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield, MO · CCN 260179	19	$1,510	About average	$1,203	$6,551
Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur, MO · CCN 260162	34	$1,511	About average	$1,202	$9,363
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson, MO · CCN 260094	18	$1,528	About average	$1,218	$15,745
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach, MO · CCN 260186	20	$1,528	About average	$1,218	$7,625
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau, MO · CCN 260183	51	$1,535	About average	$1,219	$9,529
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton, MO · CCN 260175	20	$1,587	About average	$1,265	$3,048
Mosaic Life Care At St JosephSaint Joseph, MO · CCN 260006	48	$1,597	About average	$1,272	$9,022
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla, MO · CCN 260017	18	$1,618	About average	$1,289	$7,894
Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal, MO · CCN 260025	28	$1,618	About average	$1,287	$29,306

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.