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Tongue And Floor Of Mouth Removal With Neck Clearance

Mississippi 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?

$4,054

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$3,162$2,239 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$562 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,630Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $6,607
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $3,162

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
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,888.44
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
$1,096.48
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 42nd of 51

$4,054

$3,162 physician + $891 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.