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Repair Of A Tear In The Roof Of The Mouth

Florida 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?

$3,064

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,064 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$200 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,698 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $813 to $13,490Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $170 to $437
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $245

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
$478.63
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$19,952.62
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
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
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78

Where Florida 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

Florida· 27th of 51

$3,064

$245 physician + $2,818 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.