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

Removal of parotid salivary stone, complex

CPT 42340the billing code this page is about

Removal of a stone from the parotid gland or duct, either through the skin or as a complicated procedure inside the mouth.

Hospitals typically charge $2,898 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 289 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,596. Most fall between $644 and $4,560 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
289
States
40
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 289 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
$407$840$2,898$4,290$8,008

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($407 vs $8,008).

How the prices are spread

$356 – $487: 25 hospitals$356$487 – $664: 27 hospitals$664 – $907: 15 hospitals$664$907 – $1,238: 37 hospitals$1,238 – $1,689: 14 hospitals$1,238$1,689 – $2,306: 11 hospitals$2,306 – $3,148: 19 hospitals$2,306$3,148 – $4,297: 60 hospitals$4,297 – $5,866: 33 hospitals$4,297$5,866 – $8,008: 27 hospitals$5,866median $2,898price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (268 of 289 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$356$48725
$487$66427
$664$90715
$907$1,23837
$1,238$1,68914
$1,689$2,30611
$2,306$3,14819
$3,148$4,29760
$4,297$5,86633
$5,866$8,00827

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,387
Median cash price$2,898
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.86×

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 $2,898.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $605 across 14 hospitalsIL$605Wisconsin: median $2,898 across 14 hospitalsWI$2,898Michigan: median $414 across 26 hospitalsMI$414New York: median $3,838 across 23 hospitalsNY$3,838Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,222 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,222Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $3,802 across 16 hospitalsPA$3,802New Jersey: median $4,290 across 23 hospitalsNJ$4,290Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,008 across 37 hospitalsCA$8,008Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $571 across 12 hospitalsOK$571Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,937 across 19 hospitalsTX$3,937Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,898. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA37$8,008+176%$4,560 – $8,008
New Jersey NJ23$4,290+48%$3,590 – $5,741
Texas TX19$3,937+36%$3,110 – $4,015
New York NY23$3,838+32%$1,041 – $3,870
Pennsylvania PA16$3,802+31%$223 – $5,483
Wisconsin WI14$2,8980%$2,898 – $2,898
Iowa IA15$1,222−58%$1,222 – $1,222
Illinois IL14$605−79%$369 – $2,674
Oklahoma OK12$571−80%$571 – $571
Michigan MI26$414−86%$356 – $2,898
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not 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 $2,898.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care249$3,110$644 – $4,560
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access37$1,601$644 – $3,600
Ownership
For-profit28$1,945$542 – $4,783
Government38$1,279$737 – $3,838
Non-profit223$2,898$644 – $4,800
System affiliation
Part of a system246$2,898$644 – $4,560
Independent43$1,236$623 – $3,434

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,888
Median cash price$2,898
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

173 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,187 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,429; most fall between $644 and $4,560.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 173 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
$531$832$2,187$4,560$8,008

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($531 vs $8,008).

Of the 194 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 173 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

289 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 319 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted289
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here23
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded6
Hospitals that filed this code319

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 Sialolithotomy Prtd Xtroral/Comp Intraoral.

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 parotid salivary stone, complex (CPT 42340) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-42340-removal-of-parotid-salivary-stone-complex