Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $3,568 per procedure at 1,084 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $3,253 and $3,660.
Also known as: Bronchoscopy
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $3,568
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $3,253–$3,660
- Medicare’s share
- $2,833
- Average billed charge
- $27,795
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,084
Compare hospitals
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1,075 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 201–250. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Lexington | 39 | $3,215 | About average | $2,555 | $27,915 |
| Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital | 177 | $3,216 | About average | $2,559 | $26,806 |
| Mary Greeley Medical Center | 29 | $3,216 | About average | $2,562 | $11,047 |
| UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi | 135 | $3,216 | About average | $2,562 | $18,317 |
| Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center | 21 | $3,217 | About average | $2,554 | $23,176 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | 14 | $3,220 | About average | $2,525 | $28,631 |
| Mayo Clinic | 487 | $3,222 | About average | $2,531 | $23,016 |
| Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center | 22 | $3,223 | About average | $2,568 | $9,417 |
| Bronson Methodist Hospital | 50 | $3,223 | About average | $2,558 | $8,411 |
| Lewisgale Medical Center | 26 | $3,224 | About average | $2,569 | $53,780 |
| Carilion New River Valley Medical Center | 38 | $3,224 | About average | $2,568 | $20,898 |
| CJW Medical Center | 41 | $3,224 | About average | $2,567 | $65,915 |
| Mary Immaculate Hospital | 13 | $3,224 | About average | $2,567 | $19,775 |
| Riverside Regional Medical Center | 92 | $3,224 | About average | $2,567 | $19,824 |
| UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside | 214 | $3,224 | About average | $2,544 | $51,861 |
| Alamance Regional Medical Center | 14 | $3,225 | About average | $2,528 | $19,558 |
| Baylor University Medical Center | 214 | $3,225 | About average | $2,552 | $22,207 |
| Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Inc | 70 | $3,226 | About average | $2,571 | $11,475 |
| Community Hospital, LLC | 15 | $3,226 | About average | $2,571 | $34,610 |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital | 29 | $3,226 | About average | $2,571 | $43,789 |
| Williamson Medical Center | 23 | $3,226 | About average | $2,571 | $17,585 |
| Baptist Health Hardin | 75 | $3,226 | About average | $2,568 | $29,044 |
| Norman Regional | 25 | $3,226 | About average | $2,568 | $22,671 |
| Kearney Regional Medical Center | 12 | $3,227 | About average | $2,571 | $17,280 |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLC | 11 | $3,227 | About average | $2,553 | $7,045 |
| Genesis Medical Center-Davenport | 27 | $3,229 | About average | $2,573 | $11,895 |
| St Lukes Hospital | 38 | $3,229 | About average | $2,573 | $17,895 |
| Medical College Of Virginia Hospitals | 100 | $3,230 | About average | $2,572 | $30,963 |
| SSM St Joseph Hospital West | 14 | $3,230 | About average | $2,552 | $11,738 |
| Prisma Health Patewood Hospital | 21 | $3,230 | About average | $2,574 | $25,084 |
| Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital | 19 | $3,231 | About average | $2,574 | $20,905 |
| Roper Hospital | 12 | $3,231 | About average | $2,574 | $17,361 |
| Trident Medical Center | 35 | $3,231 | About average | $2,574 | $34,608 |
| Northwest Health - Porter | 25 | $3,234 | About average | $2,555 | $55,110 |
| The Medical Center (Bowling Green) | 60 | $3,235 | About average | $2,578 | $14,512 |
| St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City | 77 | $3,237 | About average | $2,572 | $28,932 |
| UPMC Mercy | 38 | $3,237 | About average | $2,558 | $28,925 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple | 106 | $3,238 | About average | $2,543 | $17,291 |
| Northwest Health-La Porte | 27 | $3,240 | About average | $2,561 | $36,626 |
| Union General Hospital | 18 | $3,240 | About average | $2,547 | $17,789 |
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital | 46 | $3,241 | About average | $2,571 | $13,655 |
| Bethesda Hospital East | 15 | $3,242 | About average | $2,552 | $24,571 |
| Cape Coral Hospital | 18 | $3,242 | About average | $2,553 | $23,302 |
| Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital | 18 | $3,242 | About average | $2,573 | $22,408 |
| Southern Ohio Medical Center | 16 | $3,243 | About average | $2,544 | $30,245 |
| Saint Joseph Hospital | 11 | $3,243 | About average | $2,584 | $25,634 |
| University Of Kansas Hospital | 195 | $3,243 | About average | $2,574 | $29,573 |
| Union Hospital Inc | 19 | $3,245 | About average | $2,553 | $17,793 |
| Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System | 13 | $3,246 | About average | $2,586 | $24,189 |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center | 38 | $3,246 | About average | $2,585 | $20,446 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
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| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2,904 | $21K |
| 2021 | $3,091 | $23K |
| 2022 | $3,141 | $25K |
| 2023 | $3,296 | $25K |
| 2024 | $3,568 | $28K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
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| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 2 | 104 | $2,034 | $2,052–$2,192 |
| Alabama | 11 | 578 | $3,038 | $2,972–$3,068 |
| Louisiana | 21 | 772 | $3,095 | $3,051–$3,166 |
| Mississippi | 14 | 660 | $3,096 | $2,980–$3,135 |
| Tennessee | 23 | 1,374 | $3,125 | $3,076–$3,209 |
| West Virginia | 10 | 361 | $3,135 | $3,051–$3,175 |
| Ohio | 49 | 2,622 | $3,169 | $3,168–$3,257 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | 759 | $3,188 | $3,151–$3,226 |
| Kentucky | 21 | 1,032 | $3,200 | $3,142–$3,426 |
| South Carolina | 22 | 1,164 | $3,210 | $3,185–$3,231 |
| Arkansas | 17 | 788 | $3,212 | $3,127–$3,299 |
| Missouri | 27 | 1,438 | $3,258 | $3,193–$3,333 |
| Iowa | 14 | 686 | $3,269 | $3,206–$3,338 |
| Kansas | 13 | 844 | $3,302 | $3,247–$3,363 |
| Utah | 6 | 427 | $3,306 | $3,186–$3,344 |
| Michigan | 41 | 1,578 | $3,310 | $3,262–$3,344 |
| North Carolina | 38 | 2,059 | $3,316 | $3,259–$3,365 |
| Texas | 70 | 3,636 | $3,329 | $3,249–$3,383 |
| Georgia | 36 | 1,455 | $3,338 | $3,215–$3,475 |
| Nebraska | 11 | 546 | $3,340 | $3,280–$3,423 |
| Virginia | 33 | 1,595 | $3,341 | $3,224–$3,453 |
| Florida | 72 | 3,995 | $3,347 | $3,385–$3,392 |
| Indiana | 37 | 1,561 | $3,377 | $3,331–$3,412 |
| Maine | 8 | 223 | $3,416 | $3,346–$3,519 |
| Idaho | 7 | 227 | $3,444 | $3,312–$3,609 |
| New Mexico | 6 | 187 | $3,444 | $3,314–$3,314 |
| Wisconsin | 22 | 1,057 | $3,450 | $3,357–$3,517 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 232 | $3,499 | $3,511–$3,511 |
| Pennsylvania | 58 | 2,977 | $3,531 | $3,345–$3,613 |
| Illinois | 50 | 2,571 | $3,534 | $3,461–$3,590 |
| South Dakota | 9 | 386 | $3,561 | $3,511–$3,760 |
| Colorado | 22 | 947 | $3,571 | $3,565–$3,565 |
| Montana | 6 | 276 | $3,585 | $3,511–$3,698 |
| Arizona | 21 | 1,698 | $3,630 | $3,622–$3,652 |
| Minnesota | 14 | 1,184 | $3,679 | $3,536–$3,580 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | 281 | $3,716 | $3,590–$3,657 |
| Delaware | 3 | 213 | $3,718 | $3,702–$3,736 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 16 | $3,760 | $3,760–$3,760 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 102 | $3,772 | $3,773–$3,791 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 257 | $3,786 | $3,691–$3,832 |
| Washington | 22 | 1,086 | $3,796 | $3,758–$3,858 |
| Alaska | 2 | 56 | $3,865 | $3,865–$3,865 |
| Nevada | 10 | 244 | $3,905 | $3,803–$4,011 |
| Oregon | 13 | 492 | $3,976 | $3,895–$3,929 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 1,928 | $3,988 | $3,975–$4,022 |
| New Jersey | 28 | 1,180 | $3,995 | $3,920–$4,031 |
| Connecticut | 11 | 488 | $4,127 | $4,047–$4,198 |
| New York | 49 | 3,263 | $4,137 | $3,970–$4,195 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 129 | $4,287 | $4,290–$4,307 |
| California | 73 | 4,174 | $4,778 | $4,604–$4,931 |
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.