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Repair Of A Tear In The Roof Of The Mouth

Delaware rates for HCPCS 42182

This procedure surgically closes a tear or wound in the roof of the mouth, called the palate. The surgeon cleans the area and stitches the tissue layers back together to restore a normal palate. It is typically needed after an injury, such as a fall or puncture wound, rather than a birth defect.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Tear In The Roof Of The Mouth cost?

$1,701

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,701 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$251 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,000 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $617 to $4,898Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $229 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
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
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Alaska than in North Dakota. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Delaware· 44th of 51

$1,701

$288 physician + $1,413 facility

AK $7,504ND $861

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.