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

Removal of parotid gland tumor, outer lobe

CPT 42410the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a tumor or the outer lobe of the parotid salivary gland in front of the ear, without dissecting out the facial nerve.

Hospitals typically charge $3,933 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 485 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,211. Most fall between $1,069 and $9,188 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
485
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 485 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
$754$1,173$3,933$8,140$16,358

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($754 vs $16,358).

How the prices are spread

$621 – $874: 27 hospitals$621$874 – $1,230: 74 hospitals$1,230 – $1,731: 48 hospitals$1,230$1,731 – $2,437: 30 hospitals$2,437 – $3,429: 34 hospitals$2,437$3,429 – $4,826: 28 hospitals$4,826 – $6,792: 44 hospitals$4,826$6,792 – $9,560: 80 hospitals$9,560 – $13,455: 30 hospitals$9,560$13,455 – $18,936: 42 hospitals$13,455median $3,933price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (437 of 485 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$621$87427
$874$1,23074
$1,230$1,73148
$1,731$2,43730
$2,437$3,42934
$3,429$4,82628
$4,826$6,79244
$6,792$9,56080
$9,560$13,45530
$13,455$18,93642

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$3,933
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.65×

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 $3,933.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,192 across 22 hospitalsIL$1,192Wisconsin: median $4,098 across 31 hospitalsWI$4,098Michigan: median $1,069 across 29 hospitalsMI$1,069New York: median $7,000 across 49 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,768 across 15 hospitalsOR$1,768Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,546 across 21 hospitalsIA$1,546Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,488 across 22 hospitalsOH$2,488Pennsylvania: median $8,540 across 14 hospitalsPA$8,540New Jersey: median $6,548 across 31 hospitalsNJ$6,548Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $16,358 across 34 hospitalsCA$16,358Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $4,984 across 10 hospitalsWV$4,984Virginia: 5 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,043 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,043Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,583 across 23 hospitalsTX$6,583Florida: median $5,938 across 10 hospitalsFL$5,938
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,933. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA34$16,358+316%$1,976 – $16,358
Pennsylvania PA14$8,540+117%$3,908 – $12,101
New York NY49$7,000+78%$1,398 – $9,188
Texas TX23$6,583+67%$5,917 – $6,832
New Jersey NJ31$6,548+66%$5,110 – $7,659
Florida FL10$5,938+51%$2,488 – $10,547
West Virginia WV10$4,984+27%$667 – $8,459
Wisconsin WI31$4,098+4%$3,335 – $7,166
Ohio OH22$2,488−37%$1,116 – $20,281
Oregon OR15$1,768−55%$1,159 – $1,768
Iowa IA21$1,546−61%$1,523 – $1,711
Illinois IL22$1,192−70%$729 – $32,005
Michigan MI29$1,069−73%$976 – $3,335
Oklahoma OK14$1,043−73%$1,043 – $8,595
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $3,933.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care390$4,984$1,094 – $10,547
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access84$1,768$976 – $6,583
Ownership
For-profit46$5,917$1,031 – $12,189
Government79$2,113$1,103 – $10,043
Non-profit359$3,817$1,069 – $9,188
System affiliation
Part of a system378$4,612$1,069 – $10,547
Independent107$1,919$1,091 – $7,264

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,793
Median cash price$3,933
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

246 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,551 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,653; most fall between $976 and $7,589.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 246 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
$667$1,043$1,551$6,583$15,519

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($667 vs $15,519).

Of the 281 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 246 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

485 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 552 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted485
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here51
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code552

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 Exc Prtd Tum/Prtd Glnd Lat Lobe W/O Nrv Dsj.

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 gland tumor, outer lobe (CPT 42410) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-42410-removal-of-parotid-gland-tumor-outer-lobe