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Surgical Release of Tongue-Tie, Frenectomy

Rhode Island 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?

$2,623

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,623 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$191 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,549 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,012Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $148 to $363
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $224

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 16th of 50

$2,623

$224 physician + $2,399 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.