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Other Throat, Tonsil or Adenoid Procedure

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 42999

Covers an operation on the throat, tonsils or adenoids that is unusual enough to have no standard name of its own. The surgeon writes a report describing exactly what was done and why, and that report is used to judge the work involved. What it covers depends entirely on the individual case.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Other Throat, Tonsil or Adenoid Procedure cost?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $724 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$155 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$309 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $135 to $3,631Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $148 to $759
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $724professional $398

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,041.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,041.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 102.3 times more in Pennsylvania than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$724

PA $3,020HI $29.51

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.