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Stitching a Small Cut in the Mouth or Tongue

California rates for HCPCS 41250

Closes a small tear in the floor of the mouth or in the front part of the tongue with stitches. It is used after an injury such as a hard bite, a fall or a blow to the face, when the wound edges gape and will not come together on their own. Numbing medicine is given first, and the stitches used inside the mouth usually dissolve by themselves.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stitching a Small Cut in the Mouth or Tongue cost?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $537 to $7,413.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $275 to $13,490Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $162 to $603
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $324

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
$1,621.81
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where California sits

The same service costs 19.5 times more in New Jersey than in North Dakota. 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.

California· 3rd of 51

$4,365

NJ $5,370ND $275

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.