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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 July 2026.

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

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,512$1,023 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$1,175 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,012Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,623
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $2,512

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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· 3rd of 51

$2,239

CA $2,884KY $955

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.