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Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy

Massachusetts 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?

$1,275

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,275 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$182 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$209 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $174 to $3,715Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $145 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $275

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
$263.03
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$724.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,677.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$645.65
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,677.35
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 33rd of 50

$1,275

$275 physician + $1,000 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.