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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 Pennsylvania

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Average payment across these 37 hospitals: $1,594National $1,594 · Pennsylvania $1,594
Median hospital: $1,563
Lowest to highest: $606–$1,710
Medicare procedures: 1,972

37 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
Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon, PA · CCN 390056	14	$606	62% below the national average	$483	$4,782
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton, PA · CCN 390001	12	$1,188	25% below the national average	$926	$16,082
Regional Hospital Of ScrantonScranton, PA · CCN 390237	11	$1,406	12% below the national average	$1,098	$30,141
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390050	12	$1,419	11% below the national average	$1,102	$11,355
UPMC MercyPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390028	27	$1,433	10% below the national average	$1,124	$13,214
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre, PA · CCN 390270	59	$1,439	About average	$1,143	$19,014
UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390107	26	$1,487	About average	$1,185	$21,834
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, PA · CCN 390339	24	$1,496	About average	$1,192	$11,557
UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, PA · CCN 390164	59	$1,503	About average	$1,197	$60,841
UPMC WilliamsportWilliamsport, PA · CCN 390045	19	$1,516	About average	$1,208	$11,490
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville, PA · CCN 390006	90	$1,516	About average	$1,206	$19,240
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390228	17	$1,516	About average	$1,202	$7,913
Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver, PA · CCN 390036	18	$1,516	About average	$1,201	$4,069
Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola, PA · CCN 390336	11	$1,521	About average	$1,212	$20,725
UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg, PA · CCN 390067	38	$1,521	About average	$1,207	$7,396
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill, PA · CCN 390004	11	$1,537	About average	$1,224	$16,569
St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusEaston, PA · CCN 390326	26	$1,547	About average	$1,232	$24,533
Wellspan York HospitalYork, PA · CCN 390046	68	$1,560	About average	$1,233	$12,184
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · CCN 390256	73	$1,563	About average	$1,237	$15,435
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster, PA · CCN 390100	41	$1,579	About average	$1,258	$9,855
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland, PA · CCN 390180	22	$1,611	About average	$1,284	$17,520
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390174	444	$1,612	About average	$1,282	$4,286
Meadville Medical CenterMeadville, PA · CCN 390113	21	$1,624	About average	$1,292	$7,853
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois, PA · CCN 390086	11	$1,624	About average	$1,292	$6,339
Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown, PA · CCN 390048	18	$1,624	About average	$1,291	$22,992
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne, PA · CCN 390258	21	$1,631	About average	$1,277	$8,817
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown, PA · CCN 390203	11	$1,637	About average	$1,305	$14,188
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood, PA · CCN 390195	26	$1,637	About average	$1,305	$11,679
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390027	70	$1,646	About average	$1,308	$38,039
Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390115	12	$1,649	About average	$1,314	$8,232
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia, PA · CCN 390222	13	$1,649	About average	$1,305	$12,489
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem, PA · CCN 390049	41	$1,656	About average	$1,313	$29,517
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown, PA · CCN 390133	51	$1,656	About average	$1,313	$15,832
Hospital Of University Of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390111	450	$1,670	About average	$1,330	$12,070
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg, PA · CCN 390151	18	$1,694	About average	$1,325	$15,954
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390226	64	$1,710	About average	$1,362	$10,739
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390223	23	$1,710	About average	$1,362	$11,674

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

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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.