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Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy

Missouri 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?

$1,905

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$245$170 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$550 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,898Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $145 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $245

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
$239.88
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,174.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 27th of 50

$1,905

$245 physician + $1,660 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.