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 Texas

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Average payment across these 66 hospitals: $1,506National $1,594 · Texas $1,508
Median hospital: $1,513
Lowest to highest: $1,285–$1,593
Medicare procedures: 2,156

66 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
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco, TX · CCN 450101	15	$1,285	19% below the national average	$974	$10,692
Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin, TX · CCN 450484	12	$1,382	13% below the national average	$1,083	$39,671
Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson, TX · CCN 450537	11	$1,389	13% below the national average	$1,085	$9,715
Bsa HospitalAmarillo, TX · CCN 450231	20	$1,414	11% below the national average	$1,115	$13,318
Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas, TX · CCN 450647	12	$1,426	11% below the national average	$1,116	$34,710
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler, TX · CCN 450102	33	$1,428	10% below the national average	$1,138	$20,436
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PlanoPlano, TX · CCN 450890	26	$1,434	10% below the national average	$1,123	$15,750
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo, TX · CCN 450571	20	$1,452	About average	$1,131	$14,007
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio, TX · CCN 450388	65	$1,455	About average	$1,152	$25,589
University Health SystemSan Antonio, TX · CCN 450213	88	$1,459	About average	$1,157	$13,001
Memorial Hermann Hospital SystemHouston, TX · CCN 450184	46	$1,466	About average	$1,144	$16,614
Christus Good Shepherd Medical CenterLongview, TX · CCN 450032	30	$1,470	About average	$1,157	$8,295
Christus St Michael Health SystemTexarkana, TX · CCN 450801	22	$1,473	About average	$1,173	$10,199
Covenant Medical CenterLubbock, TX · CCN 450040	18	$1,473	About average	$1,173	$39,237
Northwest Texas HospitalAmarillo, TX · CCN 450209	12	$1,473	About average	$1,173	$18,933
University Medical CenterLubbock, TX · CCN 450686	27	$1,473	About average	$1,173	$20,098
UT Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler, TX · CCN 450083	13	$1,473	About average	$1,173	$23,584
Methodist Hospital Stone OakSan Antonio, TX · CCN 670055	24	$1,473	About average	$1,171	$24,370
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville, TX · CCN 450007	11	$1,473	About average	$1,170	$9,323
Christus Santa Rosa Medical CenterSan Antonio, TX · CCN 450237	14	$1,473	About average	$1,170	$89,785
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio, TX · CCN 450058	37	$1,473	About average	$1,168	$49,298
Doctors Hosptal At RenaissanceEdinburg, TX · CCN 450869	22	$1,473	About average	$1,160	$10,716
Baylor Scott And White All Saints Medical CenterFort Worth, TX · CCN 450137	40	$1,476	About average	$1,159	$18,036
Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalNassau Bay, TX · CCN 450709	13	$1,477	About average	$1,157	$19,106
Baylor Scott And White Surgical Hospital At ShermaSherman, TX · CCN 670076	18	$1,481	About average	$1,175	$11,391
Baylor University Medical CenterDallas, TX · CCN 450021	89	$1,487	About average	$1,182	$14,805
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple, TX · CCN 450054	240	$1,492	About average	$1,176	$6,396
North Austin Medical CenterAustin, TX · CCN 450809	17	$1,494	About average	$1,190	$36,531
St David's Medical CenterAustin, TX · CCN 450431	19	$1,494	About average	$1,190	$20,841
St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin, TX · CCN 450713	11	$1,494	About average	$1,190	$25,907
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round RockRound Rock, TX · CCN 670034	91	$1,494	About average	$1,190	$7,190
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin, TX · CCN 450056	20	$1,494	About average	$1,181	$55,870
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview, TX · CCN 450702	49	$1,510	About average	$1,203	$30,216
UT Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas, TX · CCN 450044	105	$1,516	About average	$1,203	$13,420
Paris Regional Medical CenterParis, TX · CCN 450196	11	$1,517	About average	$1,185	$18,263
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth, TX · CCN 450135	34	$1,527	About average	$1,217	$13,911
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano, TX · CCN 450771	15	$1,527	About average	$1,217	$13,227
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall, TX · CCN 670044	15	$1,527	About average	$1,217	$15,231
Texoma Medical CenterDenison, TX · CCN 450324	36	$1,527	About average	$1,217	$31,070
Ascension ProvidenceWaco, TX · CCN 450042	12	$1,528	About average	$1,217	$5,189
Medical City DentonDenton, TX · CCN 450634	28	$1,532	About average	$1,221	$30,592
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth SouthFort Worth, TX · CCN 450677	24	$1,532	About average	$1,221	$18,021
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center GrapevineGrapevine, TX · CCN 450563	22	$1,532	About average	$1,221	$14,170
Lake Granbury Medical CenterGranbury, TX · CCN 450596	11	$1,532	About average	$1,221	$50,011
Medical City AllianceFort Worth, TX · CCN 670103	14	$1,532	About average	$1,221	$35,226
Medical City Fort WorthFort Worth, TX · CCN 450672	16	$1,532	About average	$1,221	$32,791
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, TX · CCN 450046	21	$1,534	About average	$1,222	$11,421
Baptist Beaumont HospitalBeaumont, TX · CCN 450346	11	$1,537	About average	$1,224	$17,469
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston, TX · CCN 450193	43	$1,545	About average	$1,222	$27,619
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston, TX · CCN 450358	176	$1,546	About average	$1,225	$21,597

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.