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Repair Of A Tear In The Roof Of The Mouth

Massachusetts 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?

$1,573

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,573 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$347 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$347 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $263 to $5,495Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,820
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $501

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
$758.58
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,918.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,918.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,230.27
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,905.46
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
8 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
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$190.55
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 46th of 51

$1,573

$501 physician + $1,072 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.