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Tongue And Floor Of Mouth Removal With Neck Clearance

Georgia rates for HCPCS 41153

Removes part or all of the tongue together with the floor of the mouth beneath it, and clears the lymph node tissue lying just under the jaw and in the upper neck. It is done in one operation for a mouth cancer that involves both the tongue and the tissue below it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tongue And Floor Of Mouth Removal With Neck Clearance cost?

$4,459

Typical total for the visit. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,459 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,311 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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$3,311$2,630 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$631 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,943Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $5,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,148professional $3,311

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,165.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,413.10
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 11.8 times more in Maine than in Texas. 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

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$4,459

$3,311 physician + $1,148 facility

ME $29,935TX $2,543

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.