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Repair Of A Tear In The Roof Of The Mouth

Nevada 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?

$3,329

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,329 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$309$269 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,288 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,623Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $240 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $309

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
$269.15
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$4,786.30
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
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
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 22nd of 51

$3,329

$309 physician + $3,020 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.