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Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy

Michigan 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?

$1,201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$166 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$324 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $191 to $4,898Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $141 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $977professional $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
$190.55
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 35th of 50

$1,201

$224 physician + $977 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.