Outpatient procedure · APC 5154 · Surgery or procedure

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: $2,83379% of the payment
Average billed charge: $27,795
Hospitals reporting: 1,08455,908 procedures

Hospitals in Georgia

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Average payment across these 36 hospitals: $3,338National $3,568 · Georgia $3,338
Median hospital: $3,367
Lowest to highest: $3,003–$3,525
Medicare procedures: 1,455

36 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 4 Airway Endoscopy by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah, GA · CCN 110036	31	$3,003	16% below the national average	$2,359	$51,788
St Francis Hospital- Emory HealthcareColumbus, GA · CCN 110129	16	$3,008	16% below the national average	$2,364	$17,280
Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110028	27	$3,076	14% below the national average	$2,431	$19,732
Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Medical ColAugusta, GA · CCN 110034	91	$3,114	13% below the national average	$2,467	$20,605
Candler HospitalSavannah, GA · CCN 110024	63	$3,125	12% below the national average	$2,479	$17,992
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus, GA · CCN 110064	38	$3,165	11% below the national average	$2,522	$28,918
SGMC HealthValdosta, GA · CCN 110122	11	$3,165	11% below the national average	$2,522	$23,507
Doctors HospitalAugusta, GA · CCN 110177	18	$3,169	11% below the national average	$2,525	$74,041
Emory Houston Hospital Warner RobinsWarner Robins, GA · CCN 110069	23	$3,198	10% below the national average	$2,546	$19,544
Hamilton Medical CenterDalton, GA · CCN 110001	14	$3,220	About average	$2,525	$28,631
Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA · CCN 110051	18	$3,240	About average	$2,547	$17,789
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens, GA · CCN 110074	60	$3,252	About average	$2,573	$37,413
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville, GA · CCN 110215	13	$3,262	About average	$2,556	$35,935
Wellstar Cobb Medical CenterAustell, GA · CCN 110143	13	$3,262	About average	$2,556	$27,047
Atrium Health Navicent The Medical CenterMacon, GA · CCN 110107	71	$3,324	About average	$2,643	$19,055
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome, GA · CCN 110054	37	$3,341	About average	$2,647	$33,841
Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 110082	16	$3,365	About average	$2,669	$21,240
Northeast Georgia Medical Center, IncGainesville, GA · CCN 110029	57	$3,367	About average	$2,673	$50,574
Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA · CCN 110083	128	$3,367	About average	$2,674	$37,342
Southeastern Regional Medical Center, IncNewnan, GA · CCN 110233	53	$3,380	About average	$2,673	$20,629
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming, GA · CCN 110005	43	$3,411	About average	$2,700	$28,143
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta, GA · CCN 110078 · +$281 outlier payments per case	132	$3,412	About average	$2,706	$17,081
Wellstar West Georgia Medical CenterLagrange, GA · CCN 110016	13	$3,414	About average	$2,720	$31,159
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville, GA · CCN 110087	48	$3,418	About average	$2,711	$41,210
Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick CampusBrunswick, GA · CCN 110025	44	$3,437	About average	$2,734	$15,103
Emory University HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110010	81	$3,475	About average	$2,769	$21,638
Northside HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110161	64	$3,475	About average	$2,769	$32,092
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical CenterMarietta, GA · CCN 110035	81	$3,475	About average	$2,769	$30,171
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110079	13	$3,475	About average	$2,769	$36,662
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton, GA · CCN 110008	38	$3,475	About average	$2,769	$36,320
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital IncJasper, GA · CCN 110225	22	$3,475	About average	$2,769	$40,693
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan, GA · CCN 110229	19	$3,475	About average	$2,769	$31,499
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers, GA · CCN 110091	14	$3,475	About average	$2,769	$35,173
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville, GA · CCN 110184	12	$3,475	About average	$2,769	$25,068
Wellstar North Fulton Medical CenterRoswell, GA · CCN 110198	13	$3,475	About average	$2,769	$32,206
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany, GA · CCN 110007	20	$3,525	About average	$2,802	$20,381

National trend

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

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2020: 55,379 procedures at 1,127 hospitals · 2021: 58,820 procedures at 1,118 hospitals · 2022: 58,909 procedures at 1,092 hospitals · 2023: 53,928 procedures at 1,071 hospitals · 2024: 55,908 procedures at 1,084 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
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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Average payment by state for Level 4 Airway Endoscopy, 2024
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.