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Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy

Louisiana 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?

$1,583

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$174 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$794 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,715Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $141 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $234

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
$338.84
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 30th of 50

$1,583

$234 physician + $1,349 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.