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Repair Of A Tear In The Roof Of The Mouth

Illinois 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?

$4,229

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,229 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$302 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,698 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $871 to $8,511Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $263 to $537
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $339

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
$338.84
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
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
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$234.42

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 11th of 51

$4,229

$339 physician + $3,890 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.