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Removal Of Overgrown Gum Tissue

Tennessee 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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$324$245 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$631 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,818Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,512
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $324

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
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
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 35th of 51

$331

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.