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Drainage of an Abscess Inside the Tongue

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 41000

Draining a collection of pus, blood or fluid from within the tongue or the floor of the mouth beneath it, through a cut made inside the mouth. Swelling in this area can be dangerous because it presses on the airway, so it is let out without delay.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage of an Abscess Inside the Tongue cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$126 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$562 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $214 to $3,715Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $105 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $158

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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

$166

MN $288KY $138

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.