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Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy

Arkansas 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?

$1,399

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,399 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$155 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$575 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $224 to $2,042Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $135 to $331
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,175professional $224

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
$181.97
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 31st of 50

$1,399

$224 physician + $1,175 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.