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Mechanical Fixation Of The Tongue

Wisconsin rates for HCPCS 41500

A procedure that holds the tongue forward in a set position using a device such as a fine wire, rather than stitches alone. It is used when the tongue falls backwards and obstructs breathing, most often in a baby born with a small or set-back lower jaw.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Mechanical Fixation Of The Tongue cost?

$1,820

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,905$1,445 to $2,042
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$1,349 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $5,370Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,188
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $1,905

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 173.8 times more in California than in Mississippi. 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.

Wisconsin· 26th of 44

$1,820

CA $4,365MS $25.12

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.