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Drainage Of A Complicated Mouth Lining Infection

Florida rates for HCPCS 40801

This is a procedure to surgically drain a collection of pus, fluid, or blood that has built up in the tissue lining between the lips or cheeks and the gums, in a case that is more involved than a straightforward drainage. It relieves pressure and helps clear the infection or fluid buildup.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Drainage Of A Complicated Mouth Lining Infection cost?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $708 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$245$191 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$389 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $200 to $4,266Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $55 to $490
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $708professional $245

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
$457.09
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$489.78
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,981.07
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
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
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Wisconsin than in Utah. 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· 42nd of 51

$295

WI $891UT $240

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.