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Custom Long-Term Palate Covering Appliance

Florida rates for HCPCS 21080

Fitting and custom-making of a long-term dental appliance that covers and seals an opening in the roof of the mouth. This is most often needed after surgery to remove part of the palate or upper jaw due to cancer, or to address an opening present from birth, and it is the permanent version of the device made after an initial temporary one has served its purpose.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Custom Long-Term Palate Covering Appliance cost?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,288$977 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,047 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $776 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $316 to $2,138
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $1,288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alaska than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Florida· 49th of 51

$1,349

AK $5,248TX $1,023

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.