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Removal Of Overgrown Gum Tissue

Louisiana 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$295 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$372 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $263 to $4,074Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $224 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $355

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
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
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
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 29th of 51

$355

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.