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Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy

Minnesota 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?

$1,278

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,278 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$427$269 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$372 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $200 to $4,266Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $178 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $427

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
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$794.33

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 32nd of 50

$1,278

$427 physician + $851 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.