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Stitching the Tongue Forward to the Lip in a Baby

Michigan rates for HCPCS 41510

Stitches the tongue forward to the lower lip in a newborn whose lower jaw is very small, holding the tongue out of the throat so it cannot fall back and block breathing. It is a temporary measure while the jaw grows or until a more definitive treatment is arranged. Feeding and breathing are watched closely afterwards.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stitching the Tongue Forward to the Lip in a Baby cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 6 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$490$437 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,042 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,623Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $398 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $490

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
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$501

CA $1,318VT $427

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.