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

Surgery on palate and throat for snoring or sleep apnea

CPT 42145the billing code this page is about

Reshaping of the soft palate, uvula and throat tissues to widen the airway at the back of the mouth.

Hospitals typically charge $3,461 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 512 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,914. Most fall between $1,264 and $8,173 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
512
States
46
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 512 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
$877$1,449$3,461$7,109$12,628

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($877 vs $12,628).

How the prices are spread

$687 – $959: 32 hospitals$687$959 – $1,341: 59 hospitals$1,341 – $1,873: 58 hospitals$1,341$1,873 – $2,617: 52 hospitals$2,617 – $3,657: 46 hospitals$2,617$3,657 – $5,109: 32 hospitals$5,109 – $7,138: 82 hospitals$5,109$7,138 – $9,974: 58 hospitals$9,974 – $13,936: 26 hospitals$9,974$13,936 – $19,471: 19 hospitals$13,936median $3,461price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (464 of 512 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$687$95932
$959$1,34159
$1,341$1,87358
$1,873$2,61752
$2,617$3,65746
$3,657$5,10932
$5,109$7,13882
$7,138$9,97458
$9,974$13,93626
$13,936$19,47119

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$3,461
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.57×

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 $3,461.

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: 5 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 $5,272 across 10 hospitalsWA$5,272Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,674 across 11 hospitalsMN$1,674Illinois: median $2,555 across 25 hospitalsIL$2,555Wisconsin: median $4,769 across 31 hospitalsWI$4,769Michigan: median $1,392 across 31 hospitalsMI$1,392New York: median $7,000 across 46 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,714 across 22 hospitalsIA$1,714Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,543 across 19 hospitalsOH$2,543Pennsylvania: median $3,908 across 22 hospitalsPA$3,908New Jersey: median $6,548 across 32 hospitalsNJ$6,548Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,544 across 37 hospitalsCA$5,544Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $2,005 across 14 hospitalsMO$2,005Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,449 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,449Louisiana: median $2,906 across 12 hospitalsLA$2,906Mississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $9,290 across 12 hospitalsGA$9,290Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,690 across 26 hospitalsTX$4,690Florida: median $5,938 across 10 hospitalsFL$5,938
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,461. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA12$9,290+168%$3,289 – $9,290
New York NY46$7,000+102%$2,112 – $22,972
New Jersey NJ32$6,548+89%$5,110 – $7,894
Florida FL10$5,938+72%$1,989 – $8,482
California CA37$5,544+60%$1,978 – $5,544
Washington WA10$5,272+52%$1,207 – $12,628
Wisconsin WI31$4,769+38%$3,461 – $8,919
Texas TX26$4,690+36%$3,534 – $8,646
Pennsylvania PA22$3,908+13%$267 – $11,147
Louisiana LA12$2,906−16%$2,379 – $9,840
Illinois IL25$2,555−26%$1,177 – $12,120
Ohio OH19$2,543−27%$1,391 – $9,185
Missouri MO14$2,005−42%$1,041 – $8,677
Iowa IA22$1,714−50%$1,451 – $1,962
Minnesota MN11$1,674−52%$1,435 – $2,618
Oklahoma OK14$1,449−58%$1,449 – $7,474
Michigan MI31$1,392−60%$728 – $3,461
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $3,461.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care401$4,105$1,279 – $8,482
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access96$1,996$1,085 – $7,737
Ownership
For-profit54$5,013$1,449 – $13,206
Government88$2,146$1,235 – $7,320
Non-profit368$3,461$1,264 – $7,894
System affiliation
Part of a system409$3,534$1,264 – $8,482
Independent103$2,213$1,246 – $6,728

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,250
Median cash price$3,461
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. 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

266 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,996 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,654; most fall between $982 and $5,544.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 266 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
$704$1,172$1,996$4,690$9,186

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($704 vs $9,186).

Of the 293 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 266 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

512 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 568 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted512
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
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 — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code568

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 23, 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 PR Palatophayngoplasty.

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, “Surgery on palate and throat for snoring or sleep apnea (CPT 42145) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-42145-surgery-on-palate-and-throat-for-snoring-or-sleep-apnea