Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, under age 12CPT 42820General surgery

Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 2.8× price range across 14 Colorado hospitals. Open in the explorer → — filter by insurer or region, map it, or compare hospitals side by side.

How to read “% of Medicare” Medicare’s payment is a hospital-specific benchmark built from CMS files — adjusted for local wages and case complexity, and roughly pegged to the cost of care. A commercial rate at 300% means a private plan pays about triple that benchmark for the same care at the same hospital. The gap is negotiation, not quality. Full methodology →
Median commercial negotiated rate Medicare benchmark
$5,963

The part you don’t feel

Los Alamos Medical Center $13,563vsHoly Cross Hospital A Div Of Taos Health Systems $4,908 what you pay what your plan pays
Deductible not metearly in the plan year
Los Alamos Medical Center
Holy Cross Hospital A Div Of Taos Health Systems
$8,655you feel all of it
Deductible met20% coinsurance
Los Alamos Medical Center
Holy Cross Hospital A Div Of Taos Health Systems
$1,731$6,924 invisible to you
Out-of-pocket max reacheda bad year, or a big surgery
Los Alamos Medical Center
Holy Cross Hospital A Div Of Taos Health Systems
$0the market goes blind

The gap is $8,655 in every row. The only thing that changes is how much of it reaches the person choosing. Nobody hid the price — the deductible structure hides the difference, and a difference nobody feels is a difference nobody shops. Illustration uses a 20% coinsurance plan with no separate facility or professional bill; your own plan governs.

Detail (click headers to sort, or “why” for cost vs price)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
Artesia General Hospital⚠ data flag$679$5,86012%$34518
Rehoboth Mckinley Christian Health Care Services⚠ data flag$824$6,04814%13
Holy Cross Hospital A Div Of Taos Health Systems$4,908$6,04881%1
Unm Hospital$5,963$5,860102%$3,3872
Christus Southern New Mexico$6,016$5,860103%8
Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center$6,243$6,184101%21
Presbyterian Espanola Hospital$8,518$5,969143%3
Presbyterian Hospital$8,552$5,860146%4
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center$9,150$5,860156%$1,71321
Memorial Medical Center$11,611$5,860198%1
Plains Regional Medical Center$12,601$5,860215%3
Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center$12,601$6,184204%3
Socorro General Hospital$12,601$6,048208%2
Dr Dan C Trigg Memorial Hospital$12,601$6,048208%2
Lincoln County Medical Center$12,601$6,048208%2
Los Alamos Medical Center$13,563$6,060224%1

*Cost estimates use hospital-level cost-to-charge ratios from federal cost reports and are approximate; ~ marks categories (imaging, labs) where they are least precise. "Plan rows" is how many distinct plan rates the hospital published; medians over more rows are sturdier.
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Rexroad Analytics · Data: hospital machine-readable files (45 CFR 180, schema v3.0) retrieved August 21–22, 2026; Medicare benchmarks from CMS claims data and fee schedules; cost estimates from FY2026 CMS cost-report ratios, labeled as estimates. Not medical, legal, or benefits advice. Full methodology → · The American Healthcare Conundrum →