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Removal Of Overgrown Gum Tissue

Iowa rates for HCPCS 41828

This removes excess, overgrown gum tissue that has built up over the jawbone, often as a result of long-term denture wear, certain medications, or chronic irritation. The overgrown soft tissue is trimmed back to restore a more normal gum contour and to allow for a better-fitting denture or improved oral hygiene. It's a soft-tissue procedure and doesn't involve removing any bone.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Overgrown Gum Tissue cost?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $955 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$437 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$537 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $380 to $4,898Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $525

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
$588.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
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
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$562

AK $912NJ $251

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.