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Repair Of A Tear In The Roof Of The Mouth

Rhode Island 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?

$3,126

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,126 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$372$331 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,175 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $282 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $372

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
3 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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 25th of 51

$3,126

$372 physician + $2,754 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.