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 251–300. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak | 58 | $3,246 | About average | $2,568 | $20,866 |
| Duke University Hospital | 470 | $3,246 | About average | $2,559 | $20,717 |
| Stormont Vail Hospital | 110 | $3,247 | About average | $2,582 | $13,917 |
| Ascension Providence | 22 | $3,249 | About average | $2,559 | $19,539 |
| Methodist Hospital | 89 | $3,249 | About average | $2,589 | $41,582 |
| University Health System | 81 | $3,249 | About average | $2,589 | $14,695 |
| Baptist Medical Center | 48 | $3,249 | About average | $2,589 | $79,037 |
| Guadalupe Regional Medical Center | 11 | $3,249 | About average | $2,589 | $12,280 |
| Methodist Hospital Stone Oak | 30 | $3,249 | About average | $2,589 | $31,052 |
| Texoma Medical Center | 89 | $3,249 | About average | $2,564 | $44,918 |
| Medical Center Hospital | 13 | $3,249 | About average | $2,586 | $11,582 |
| Covenant Medical Center | 67 | $3,249 | About average | $2,586 | $56,072 |
| Hill Country Memorial Hospital | 13 | $3,250 | About average | $2,572 | $15,036 |
| Atrium Medical Center | 42 | $3,250 | About average | $2,589 | $27,413 |
| HCA Florida Blake Hospital | 19 | $3,250 | About average | $2,560 | $71,759 |
| North Austin Medical Center | 36 | $3,250 | About average | $2,588 | $70,284 |
| University Of Toledo Medical Center | 51 | $3,251 | About average | $2,585 | $34,056 |
| Christ Hospital | 76 | $3,252 | About average | $2,588 | $15,299 |
| Henrico Doctors' Hospital | 51 | $3,252 | About average | $2,591 | $94,851 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | 60 | $3,252 | About average | $2,573 | $37,413 |
| University Of Utah Hospital And Clinics | 210 | $3,253 | About average | $2,570 | $14,444 |
| Thedacare Regional Medical Center - Appleton Inc | 22 | $3,253 | About average | $2,567 | $12,796 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | 33 | $3,253 | About average | $2,592 | $28,346 |
| St Luke's Regional Medical Center | 69 | $3,254 | About average | $2,567 | $15,918 |
| Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center | 13 | $3,256 | About average | $2,594 | $19,216 |
| Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital | 20 | $3,257 | About average | $2,595 | $39,313 |
| Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital | 24 | $3,257 | About average | $2,595 | $27,667 |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health | 19 | $3,257 | About average | $2,595 | $24,217 |
| Bethesda North | 64 | $3,257 | About average | $2,595 | $20,760 |
| Mercy Health - West Hospital | 12 | $3,257 | About average | $2,595 | $33,165 |
| Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital | 14 | $3,257 | About average | $2,590 | $30,843 |
| Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital | 19 | $3,257 | About average | $2,585 | $25,162 |
| CHI Health St. Elizabeth | 31 | $3,258 | About average | $2,575 | $17,099 |
| Chesapeake General Hospital | 39 | $3,258 | About average | $2,596 | $22,827 |
| Sentara Careplex Hospital | 14 | $3,258 | About average | $2,596 | $21,064 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | 22 | $3,258 | About average | $2,596 | $19,709 |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital | 15 | $3,258 | About average | $2,596 | $25,574 |
| Bon Secours Southside Medical Center | 13 | $3,259 | About average | $2,582 | $50,868 |
| Ecu Health Medical Center | 62 | $3,259 | About average | $2,596 | $10,662 |
| Caldwell Memorial Hospital | 11 | $3,259 | About average | $2,596 | $20,225 |
| Columbus Regional Healthcare System | 11 | $3,259 | About average | $2,596 | $14,027 |
| Harris Regional Hospital | 27 | $3,259 | About average | $2,596 | $38,866 |
| Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery Ce | 41 | $3,259 | About average | $2,596 | $22,436 |
| Pardee Hospital Henderson County | 19 | $3,259 | About average | $2,596 | $15,471 |
| AdventHealth Hendersonville | 24 | $3,259 | About average | $2,595 | $16,383 |
| Longview Regional Medical Center | 31 | $3,260 | About average | $2,582 | $33,993 |
| Memorial Medical Center | 19 | $3,261 | About average | $2,598 | $33,867 |
| CHI St Joseph Health Regional Hospital | 26 | $3,262 | About average | $2,594 | $41,525 |
| Bellin Memorial Hospital | 30 | $3,262 | About average | $2,577 | $21,949 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | 13 | $3,262 | About average | $2,556 | $35,935 |
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.