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Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy

North Dakota 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 Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $545 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $257 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$224 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$257$145 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,995Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $145 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $257professional $288

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
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 46th of 50

$545

$288 physician + $257 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.