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Removal Of Gum Flap Over A Tooth

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 41821

Removal of the flap of gum tissue that partly covers a tooth which has not fully come through, most often a wisdom tooth. Taking the flap away stops food and bacteria collecting underneath it and causing repeated painful infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Gum Flap Over A Tooth cost?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 5 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$57.54$52.48 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,072 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,244Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $49 to $91
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $58

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
$501.19
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in California than in Minnesota. 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.

Oklahoma· 20th of 51

$72.44

CA $813MN $37.15

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.