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Repair of a Small Palate Laceration

Kansas rates for HCPCS 42180

This surgery repairs a cut or tear in the palate, the roof of the mouth, that is small in size. The surgeon cleans the wound and closes it with stitches to restore a normal, intact palate. It is typically used after an accidental injury, such as a fall with an object in the mouth, rather than for a birth-related palate condition.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair of a Small Palate Laceration cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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$257$229 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$316 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $234 to $7,586Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $191 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $257

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
$316.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. 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.

Kansas· 21st of 51

$275

MN $501WV $224

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.