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Drainage Of A Complicated Mouth Lining Infection

Nebraska 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $676 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$263 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$269 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $129 to $8,128Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $178 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $676professional $347

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
$275.42
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
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
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 21st of 51

$372

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.