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Removal of a Growth From the Back of the Tongue

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 41113

Surgery to cut out a lump or abnormal patch from the rear portion of the tongue, near the base where it slopes down toward the throat. The wound is stitched closed after the growth is taken out. The removed tissue is sent to a laboratory to determine what it was.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Growth From the Back of the Tongue cost?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$363$275 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$4,467 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $479 to $10,471Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $251 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $363

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
$478.63
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,982.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$724.44

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. 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.

New Jersey· 35th of 51

$372

MN $692WV $331

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.