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Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy

Indiana 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?

$5,472

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,472 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$224$151 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$447 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $209 to $10,000Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $138 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$173.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$165.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$5,472

$224 physician + $5,248 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.