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Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy

North Carolina 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?

$545

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $545 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $282 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$263$204 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$209 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $145 to $3,467Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $151 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $282professional $263

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
$912.01
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$660.69
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 47th of 50

$545

$263 physician + $282 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.