Level 5 ENT Procedures
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $5,586 per procedure at 744 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $5,081 and $5,904.
Also known as: Ear, nose and throat surgery, sinus surgery
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $5,586
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $5,081–$5,904
- Medicare’s share
- $4,436
- Average billed charge
- $41,129
- Hospitals reporting
- 744
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736 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 151–200. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc | 13 | $5,020 | 10% below the national average | $3,999 | $17,946 |
| Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock | 91 | $5,020 | 10% below the national average | $3,995 | $28,001 |
| Spectrum Health | 53 | $5,020 | 10% below the national average | $3,983 | $23,834 |
| St Joseph Hospital | 23 | $5,025 | 10% below the national average | $4,004 | $22,466 |
| Baylor Scott And White All Saints Medical Center | 53 | $5,028 | About average | $3,974 | $31,821 |
| UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi | 28 | $5,029 | About average | $4,007 | $26,951 |
| Mary Greeley Medical Center | 17 | $5,029 | About average | $3,996 | $24,050 |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center | 55 | $5,029 | About average | $4,007 | $37,269 |
| Lexington Medical Center | 55 | $5,032 | About average | $4,009 | $39,719 |
| Prisma Health Richland Hospital | 22 | $5,032 | About average | $3,999 | $43,532 |
| The Nebraska Medical Center | 208 | $5,036 | About average | $4,002 | $24,123 |
| Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center | 14 | $5,040 | About average | $4,016 | $14,650 |
| CJW Medical Center | 32 | $5,041 | About average | $4,017 | $109,975 |
| Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital | 12 | $5,041 | About average | $4,017 | $40,068 |
| Lewisgale Medical Center | 15 | $5,042 | About average | $4,000 | $86,210 |
| Riverside Regional Medical Center | 19 | $5,042 | About average | $4,014 | $24,312 |
| Lee Memorial Hospital | 85 | $5,043 | About average | $4,016 | $67,787 |
| Bronson Methodist Hospital | 97 | $5,044 | About average | $4,003 | $17,938 |
| Mercy Hospital South | 21 | $5,045 | About average | $3,982 | $18,024 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 56 | $5,045 | About average | $4,020 | $24,556 |
| Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Inc | 16 | $5,045 | About average | $4,020 | $14,457 |
| Ascension St John Medical Center | 29 | $5,045 | About average | $4,019 | $23,597 |
| Community Hospital, LLC | 17 | $5,045 | About average | $4,016 | $36,389 |
| Hillcrest Hospital South | 22 | $5,046 | About average | $4,013 | $63,977 |
| Integris Health Edmond Hospital | 32 | $5,046 | About average | $4,003 | $42,081 |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis | 72 | $5,049 | About average | $3,984 | $23,624 |
| Genesis Medical Center-Davenport | 11 | $5,050 | About average | $4,024 | $16,667 |
| St Lukes Hospital | 18 | $5,050 | About average | $4,024 | $21,915 |
| St Francis-Downtown | 37 | $5,051 | About average | $4,022 | $39,019 |
| University Of Kansas Hospital | 138 | $5,051 | About average | $4,013 | $31,870 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak | 123 | $5,052 | About average | $3,989 | $31,444 |
| Kettering Health Main Campus | 20 | $5,056 | About average | $3,974 | $52,842 |
| Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill | 12 | $5,061 | About average | $4,032 | $27,521 |
| Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital | 14 | $5,070 | About average | $4,040 | $46,980 |
| Lutheran Hospital Of Indiana | 19 | $5,074 | About average | $3,997 | $68,744 |
| Christus Mother Frances Hospital | 81 | $5,081 | About average | $4,049 | $58,405 |
| Bsa Hospital | 14 | $5,081 | About average | $4,049 | $43,785 |
| Covenant Medical Center | 11 | $5,081 | About average | $4,049 | $82,324 |
| Hill Country Memorial Hospital | 42 | $5,081 | About average | $4,049 | $27,030 |
| Medical Center Hospital | 13 | $5,081 | About average | $4,049 | $20,167 |
| University Medical Center | 34 | $5,081 | About average | $4,049 | $40,996 |
| Broward Health Medical Center | 19 | $5,085 | About average | $3,987 | $39,170 |
| Blount Memorial Hospital | 13 | $5,088 | About average | $4,053 | $20,436 |
| Mease Countryside Hospital | 19 | $5,092 | About average | $4,004 | $45,418 |
| Bethesda North | 19 | $5,093 | About average | $4,058 | $21,625 |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's | 29 | $5,093 | About average | $4,018 | $40,722 |
| Midwest Surgical Hospital LLC | 23 | $5,094 | About average | $4,022 | $15,522 |
| Bon Secours Southside Medical Center | 14 | $5,095 | About average | $4,060 | $84,264 |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital | 15 | $5,095 | About average | $4,060 | $36,806 |
| Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center | 12 | $5,096 | About average | $4,056 | $28,123 |
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 | $4,831 | $33K |
| 2021 | $5,104 | $35K |
| 2022 | $5,171 | $37K |
| 2023 | $5,285 | $39K |
| 2024 | $5,586 | $41K |
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 | 1 | 42 | $3,566 | $3,566–$3,566 |
| Mississippi | 7 | 245 | $4,527 | $4,696–$4,902 |
| Missouri | 15 | 763 | $4,657 | $4,910–$5,119 |
| Alabama | 9 | 489 | $4,776 | $4,640–$4,873 |
| Louisiana | 14 | 413 | $4,780 | $4,693–$4,958 |
| Tennessee | 12 | 782 | $4,845 | $4,791–$5,016 |
| Ohio | 34 | 1,454 | $4,897 | $4,818–$5,046 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 184 | $4,942 | $4,884–$5,280 |
| Oklahoma | 12 | 573 | $4,956 | $4,922–$5,045 |
| Kentucky | 10 | 479 | $4,967 | $4,904–$5,020 |
| South Carolina | 14 | 739 | $4,978 | $4,871–$5,047 |
| Arkansas | 10 | 335 | $5,032 | $4,940–$5,180 |
| Kansas | 12 | 429 | $5,053 | $4,944–$5,114 |
| Nebraska | 9 | 484 | $5,115 | $5,036–$5,229 |
| Iowa | 9 | 386 | $5,117 | $5,029–$5,201 |
| Georgia | 24 | 819 | $5,122 | $4,950–$5,346 |
| Florida | 37 | 2,610 | $5,168 | $5,216–$5,305 |
| Michigan | 24 | 1,016 | $5,177 | $5,050–$5,229 |
| Virginia | 19 | 764 | $5,180 | $5,024–$5,389 |
| Texas | 56 | 2,076 | $5,188 | $5,096–$5,287 |
| North Carolina | 18 | 965 | $5,212 | $5,099–$5,282 |
| New Mexico | 7 | 210 | $5,277 | $5,048–$5,183 |
| Indiana | 20 | 604 | $5,285 | $5,220–$5,408 |
| Pennsylvania | 35 | 1,604 | $5,290 | $5,231–$5,650 |
| Utah | 7 | 301 | $5,312 | $5,097–$5,246 |
| Idaho | 8 | 241 | $5,315 | $5,270–$5,585 |
| Maine | 4 | 156 | $5,319 | $5,083–$5,413 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | 741 | $5,396 | $5,287–$5,467 |
| Illinois | 35 | 1,212 | $5,491 | $5,412–$5,560 |
| Montana | 6 | 203 | $5,509 | $5,290–$5,695 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 155 | $5,523 | $5,490–$5,490 |
| South Dakota | 8 | 340 | $5,560 | $5,437–$5,588 |
| Colorado | 12 | 528 | $5,588 | $5,568–$5,575 |
| Arizona | 14 | 826 | $5,714 | $5,685–$5,711 |
| Minnesota | 14 | 742 | $5,738 | $5,556–$5,598 |
| Delaware | 2 | 117 | $5,780 | $5,767–$5,778 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 32 | $5,880 | $5,880–$5,880 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 261 | $5,891 | $5,607–$5,697 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 254 | $5,922 | $5,912–$5,962 |
| Washington | 22 | 778 | $5,934 | $5,844–$6,113 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 65 | $5,943 | $5,943–$5,943 |
| Alaska | 1 | 26 | $6,045 | $6,045–$6,045 |
| Nevada | 6 | 143 | $6,154 | $5,994–$6,272 |
| Oregon | 9 | 334 | $6,213 | $6,145–$6,188 |
| Massachusetts | 20 | 1,174 | $6,255 | $6,244–$6,289 |
| New Jersey | 16 | 608 | $6,327 | $6,203–$6,539 |
| New York | 38 | 1,922 | $6,432 | $6,209–$6,541 |
| Connecticut | 10 | 315 | $6,479 | $6,457–$6,590 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 91 | $6,579 | $6,606–$6,795 |
| California | 61 | 3,120 | $7,426 | $7,200–$7,711 |
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.