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Repair Of A Cleft Lip Affecting Both Sides, Single Surgery

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 40701

This surgery repairs a cleft lip that affects both sides of the upper lip, correcting the separation and reshaping the lip and nose in one operation. It restores a more typical lip shape and function, and is usually performed on an infant. Repairing both sides together in a single procedure is chosen when the cleft on each side allows it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Cleft Lip Affecting Both Sides, Single Surgery cost?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,585$1,202 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$2,630 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $1,585

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
$891.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,905.46
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
6 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
$831.76
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.5 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$1,905

AK $4,786TX $871

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.