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Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy

Montana 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?

$542

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $542 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $302 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$240$158 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$302$251 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $204 to $513Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $141 to $457
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $302professional $240

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$660.69
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$542

$240 physician + $302 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.