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Repair Of A Larger Or Complex Mouth Laceration

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 40831

This procedure closes a cut inside the mouth, in the area between the lips or cheeks and the gums, when the wound is longer than about an inch or is more complicated to repair. It uses sutures to bring the edges of the wound back together.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Larger Or Complex Mouth Laceration cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$407 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$224 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $126 to $646Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $263 to $955
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $355professional $525

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
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
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
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Wisconsin 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.

South Dakota· 7th of 51

$501

WI $933TX $251

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.