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Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy

Alaska rates for HCPCS 41115

This procedure surgically removes the band of tissue connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth to release a tongue-tie. It is done to improve tongue mobility when a restrictive band of tissue is limiting movement, feeding, or speech.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy cost?

$667

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $667 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $295 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$240 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$295$214 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $162 to $912Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,148
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $295professional $372

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
$467.74
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,445.44
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$912.01

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 14.0 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 40th of 50

$667

$372 physician + $295 facility

IN $5,472MD $390

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.