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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 Kansas

Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.

Location
Kansas
Specific hospitals up to 10
Average payment across these 13 hospitals
$3,302National $3,568 · Kansas $3,302
Median hospital
$3,270
Lowest to highest
$3,197–$3,503
Medicare procedures
844

13 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
HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.Wichita, KS · CCN 170122104$3,19710% below the national average$2,547$24,707
Wesley Medical CenterWichita, KS · CCN 17012325$3,19710% below the national average$2,547$43,018
University Of Kansas HospitalKansas City, KS · CCN 170040195$3,243About average$2,574$29,573
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka, KS · CCN 170086110$3,247About average$2,582$13,917
Menorah Medical CenterOverland Park, KS · CCN 17018216$3,270About average$2,606$48,845
Overland Park Regional Medical CenterOverland Park, KS · CCN 17017611$3,270About average$2,606$67,957
University Of Kansas Health System Olathe HospitalOlathe, KS · CCN 17004937$3,270About average$2,606$17,556
University Of Kansas Health System - St Francis CampusTopeka, KS · CCN 17001639$3,270About average$2,606$19,626
AdventHealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission, KS · CCN 17010419$3,270About average$2,605$32,002
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center IncHutchinson, KS · CCN 170020 · +$939 outlier payments per case45$3,363About average$2,667$37,359
Salina Regional Health CenterSalina, KS · CCN 17001246$3,424About average$2,728$14,673
Hays Medical CenterHays, KS · CCN 170013165$3,424About average$2,725$10,848
LmhLawrence, KS · CCN 17013732$3,503About average$2,791$14,006

National trend

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

  • Average payment
  • Average billed charge
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 careAverage paymentAverage 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
StateHospitalsCasesAverage paymentTypical range
Vermont2104$2,034$2,052–$2,192
Alabama11578$3,038$2,972–$3,068
Louisiana21772$3,095$3,051–$3,166
Mississippi14660$3,096$2,980–$3,135
Tennessee231,374$3,125$3,076–$3,209
West Virginia10361$3,135$3,051–$3,175
Ohio492,622$3,169$3,168–$3,257
Oklahoma16759$3,188$3,151–$3,226
Kentucky211,032$3,200$3,142–$3,426
South Carolina221,164$3,210$3,185–$3,231
Arkansas17788$3,212$3,127–$3,299
Missouri271,438$3,258$3,193–$3,333
Iowa14686$3,269$3,206–$3,338
Kansas13844$3,302$3,247–$3,363
Utah6427$3,306$3,186–$3,344
Michigan411,578$3,310$3,262–$3,344
North Carolina382,059$3,316$3,259–$3,365
Texas703,636$3,329$3,249–$3,383
Georgia361,455$3,338$3,215–$3,475
Nebraska11546$3,340$3,280–$3,423
Virginia331,595$3,341$3,224–$3,453
Florida723,995$3,347$3,385–$3,392
Indiana371,561$3,377$3,331–$3,412
Maine8223$3,416$3,346–$3,519
Idaho7227$3,444$3,312–$3,609
New Mexico6187$3,444$3,314–$3,314
Wisconsin221,057$3,450$3,357–$3,517
North Dakota5232$3,499$3,511–$3,511
Pennsylvania582,977$3,531$3,345–$3,613
Illinois502,571$3,534$3,461–$3,590
South Dakota9386$3,561$3,511–$3,760
Colorado22947$3,571$3,565–$3,565
Montana6276$3,585$3,511–$3,698
Arizona211,698$3,630$3,622–$3,652
Minnesota141,184$3,679$3,536–$3,580
New Hampshire7281$3,716$3,590–$3,657
Delaware3213$3,718$3,702–$3,736
Wyoming116$3,760$3,760–$3,760
Rhode Island2102$3,772$3,773–$3,791
District of Columbia4257$3,786$3,691–$3,832
Washington221,086$3,796$3,758–$3,858
Alaska256$3,865$3,865–$3,865
Nevada10244$3,905$3,803–$4,011
Oregon13492$3,976$3,895–$3,929
Massachusetts241,928$3,988$3,975–$4,022
New Jersey281,180$3,995$3,920–$4,031
Connecticut11488$4,127$4,047–$4,198
New York493,263$4,137$3,970–$4,195
Hawaii3129$4,287$4,290–$4,307
California734,174$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.