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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 North Carolina

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
North Carolina
Specific hospitals up to 10
Average payment across these 38 hospitals
$3,316National $3,568 · North Carolina $3,316
Median hospital
$3,310
Lowest to highest
$3,067–$3,585
Medicare procedures
2,059

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

HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · CCN 34000118$3,06714% below$2,383$29,987
UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · CCN 34014718$3,16511% below$2,482$15,340
Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · CCN 34013027$3,16611% below$2,482$24,373
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · CCN 34003929$3,18011% below$2,496$14,485
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 34014327$3,212About average$2,540$22,784
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · CCN 34007014$3,225About average$2,528$19,558
Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340030470$3,246About average$2,559$20,717
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · CCN 34004062$3,259About average$2,596$10,662
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · CCN 34004111$3,259About average$2,596$20,225
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC · CCN 34006811$3,259About average$2,596$14,027
Harris Regional HospitalSylva, NC · CCN 34001627$3,259About average$2,596$38,866
Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · CCN 34000241$3,259About average$2,596$22,436
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · CCN 34001719$3,259About average$2,596$15,471
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · CCN 34002324$3,259About average$2,595$16,383
FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · CCN 34011586$3,276About average$2,605$24,908
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 34005367$3,285About average$2,601$28,815
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 34007334$3,293About average$2,598$21,734
Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · CCN 34009143$3,297About average$2,614$16,568
Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 34011485$3,308About average$2,623$21,525
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · CCN 34002830$3,311About average$2,638$16,749
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · CCN 34000418$3,327About average$2,651$19,395
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · CCN 34002111$3,330About average$2,653$25,874
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 34011614$3,330About average$2,653$51,022
Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · CCN 34005118$3,336About average$2,626$21,209
Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · CCN 340113124$3,343About average$2,659$23,842
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340047138$3,354About average$2,659$27,511
UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · CCN 340061128$3,356About average$2,660$12,018
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · CCN 34009819$3,365About average$2,681$26,769
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · CCN 34003223$3,365About average$2,681$26,784
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC · CCN 34018317$3,365About average$2,681$25,323
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · CCN 34017118$3,365About average$2,679$23,493
WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · CCN 34017320$3,372About average$2,686$23,539
WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · CCN 34006951$3,372About average$2,686$23,710
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 34001457$3,413About average$2,720$22,750
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · CCN 34013199$3,462About average$2,753$11,690
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · CCN 34010913$3,490About average$2,781$24,203
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · CCN 340141136$3,490About average$2,781$19,601
UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · CCN 34002712$3,585About average$2,856$8,845

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
View data as a table
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.

Show all 50 states
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.