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Throat Flap Surgery for Cleft Palate Speech

Alaska rates for HCPCS 42225

Surgery that lifts a flap of tissue from the back wall of the throat and attaches it to the soft palate, narrowing the gap between the mouth and the nose. It is done when too much air escapes through the nose during speech, leaving it sounding very nasal after a cleft palate has been repaired. Closing that gap lets the palate seal so speech sounds clearer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Throat Flap Surgery for Cleft Palate Speech cost?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,162 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,162$1,413 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$5,623 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $16,596Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,012
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $3,162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,025.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,244.36
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$23,988.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
12 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
$478.63
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$3,981

AK $3,981TX $692

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.