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Palate Lengthening With Pharyngeal Flap

Alaska rates for HCPCS 42226

Surgery that lengthens the soft palate at the back of the roof of the mouth and attaches a flap of tissue connecting it to the back of the throat. It is used to close the gap between the mouth and nose during speech, most often to correct nasal-sounding speech or air escape after a cleft palate repair or other palate problem.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Palate Lengthening With Pharyngeal Flap cost?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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$2,239$933 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$1,072 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $912 to $4,677Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $891 to $5,012
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $2,239

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
$2,630.27
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,818.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,495.41
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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

$2,089

CA $2,512WV $891

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.