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 South Carolina

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Average payment across these 25 hospitals: $1,443National $1,594 · South Carolina $1,443
Median hospital: $1,454
Lowest to highest: $817–$1,567
Medicare procedures: 1,287

25 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
Conway Medical CenterConway, SC · CCN 420049	34	$817	49% below the national average	$651	$3,422
Novant Health Hilton Head Medical CenterHilton Head Island, SC · CCN 420080	20	$1,243	22% below the national average	$943	$30,719
KershawHealthCamden, SC · CCN 420048	12	$1,362	15% below the national average	$1,065	$17,871
St Francis-DowntownGreenville, SC · CCN 420023	51	$1,386	13% below the national average	$1,087	$10,639
Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill, SC · CCN 420002	18	$1,390	13% below the national average	$1,080	$55,718
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia, SC · CCN 420073	71	$1,426	11% below the national average	$1,129	$9,617
Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet, SC · CCN 420098	47	$1,429	10% below the national average	$1,134	$8,766
MUSC Medical CenterCharleston, SC · CCN 420004 · +$157 outlier payments per case	338	$1,430	10% below the national average	$1,130	$10,525
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville, SC · CCN 420078	99	$1,452	About average	$1,153	$10,077
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris, SC · CCN 420105	66	$1,454	About average	$1,158	$13,296
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence, SC · CCN 420051	31	$1,454	About average	$1,158	$11,580
MUSC Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence, SC · CCN 420091	12	$1,454	About average	$1,158	$42,133
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach, SC · CCN 420085	29	$1,454	About average	$1,155	$20,091
Prisma Health BaptistColumbia, SC · CCN 420086	15	$1,459	About average	$1,155	$8,207
MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia, SC · CCN 420026	25	$1,461	About average	$1,154	$19,168
Prisma Health Baptist Easley HospitalEasley, SC · CCN 420015	27	$1,464	About average	$1,158	$7,809
Prisma Health Patewood HospitalGreenville, SC · CCN 420102	31	$1,464	About average	$1,150	$12,233
Trident Medical CenterCharleston, SC · CCN 420079	35	$1,464	About average	$1,167	$18,753
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalCharleston, SC · CCN 420065	12	$1,464	About average	$1,167	$17,298
Roper HospitalCharleston, SC · CCN 420087	19	$1,464	About average	$1,167	$12,802
Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort, SC · CCN 420067	18	$1,488	About average	$1,161	$10,544
Anmed HealthAnderson, SC · CCN 420027	63	$1,498	About average	$1,179	$10,876
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, SC · CCN 420036	13	$1,525	About average	$1,215	$38,419
Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood, SC · CCN 420071	18	$1,560	About average	$1,243	$10,636
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg, SC · CCN 420007	183	$1,567	About average	$1,239	$6,389

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.