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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx

Removal of the uvula

CPT 42140the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of the uvula, the small tissue flap hanging at the back of the roof of the mouth.

Hospitals typically charge $1,415 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 555 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,003. Most fall between $357 and $4,603 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
555
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 555 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$273$423$1,415$4,139$6,575

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($273 vs $6,575).

How the prices are spread

$188 – $277: 30 hospitals$188$277 – $409: 68 hospitals$409 – $604: 65 hospitals$409$604 – $891: 38 hospitals$891 – $1,314: 44 hospitals$891$1,314 – $1,939: 40 hospitals$1,939 – $2,860: 44 hospitals$1,939$2,860 – $4,220: 65 hospitals$4,220 – $6,226: 76 hospitals$4,220$6,226 – $9,185: 31 hospitals$6,226median $1,415price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (501 of 555 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$188$27730
$277$40968
$409$60465
$604$89138
$891$1,31444
$1,314$1,93940
$1,939$2,86044
$2,860$4,22065
$4,220$6,22676
$6,226$9,18531

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,387
Median cash price$1,415
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.42×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,415.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,604 across 10 hospitalsWA$1,604Idaho: median $2,450 across 10 hospitalsID$2,450Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $413 across 13 hospitalsMN$413Illinois: median $516 across 24 hospitalsIL$516Wisconsin: median $1,289 across 35 hospitalsWI$1,289Michigan: median $319 across 33 hospitalsMI$319New York: median $3,710 across 34 hospitalsNY$3,710Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $690 across 27 hospitalsIA$690Indiana: median $1,239 across 20 hospitalsIN$1,239Ohio: median $658 across 15 hospitalsOH$658Pennsylvania: median $1,357 across 26 hospitalsPA$1,357New Jersey: median $3,986 across 26 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $4,603 across 36 hospitalsCA$4,603Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $514 across 11 hospitalsNE$514Missouri: median $401 across 14 hospitalsMO$401Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,108 across 11 hospitalsWV$2,108Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $1,603 across 10 hospitalsSC$1,603Oklahoma: median $312 across 14 hospitalsOK$312Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $8,924 across 10 hospitalsGA$8,924Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,639 across 28 hospitalsTX$2,639Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,415. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA10$8,924+531%$134 – $8,924
California CA36$4,603+225%$1,415 – $4,603
New Jersey NJ26$3,986+182%$3,590 – $5,419
New York NY34$3,710+162%$482 – $3,935
Texas TX28$2,639+87%$2,012 – $3,034
Idaho ID10$2,450+73%$1,442 – $8,795
West Virginia WV11$2,108+49%$287 – $3,988
Washington WA10$1,604+13%$423 – $3,306
South Carolina SC10$1,603+13%$945 – $5,838
Pennsylvania PA26$1,357−4%$105 – $5,036
Wisconsin WI35$1,289−9%$1,263 – $4,784
Indiana IN20$1,239−12%$239 – $1,674
Iowa IA27$690−51%$442 – $869
Ohio OH15$658−53%$442 – $4,572
Illinois IL24$516−64%$277 – $4,865
Nebraska NE11$514−64%$407 – $1,903
Minnesota MN13$413−71%$339 – $1,303
Missouri MO14$401−72%$337 – $13,594
Michigan MI33$319−77%$319 – $6,575
Oklahoma OK14$312−78%$312 – $4,074
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,415.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care432$1,903$378 – $4,603
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access113$869$357 – $2,639
Ownership
For-profit60$2,880$998 – $6,928
Government98$901$354 – $3,838
Non-profit396$1,303$345 – $4,603
System affiliation
Part of a system445$1,604$360 – $4,603
Independent110$886$345 – $3,434

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,331
Median cash price$1,415
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

312 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $690 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,209; most fall between $287 and $3,633.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 312 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$207$314$690$2,639$4,783

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($207 vs $4,783).

Of the 344 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 312 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

555 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 615 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted555
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code615

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Uvulectomy Excision Uvula.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of the uvula (CPT 42140) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-42140-removal-of-the-uvula