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Nasolabial Fistula Repair

Georgia rates for HCPCS 42260

Surgically closes a nasolabial fistula -- an abnormal opening connecting the nose and the mouth near the upper lip. This is most often needed as a later repair following an earlier cleft lip or palate procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nasolabial Fistula Repair cost?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,148$891 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$1,000 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $1,148

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
$851.14
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Georgia· 14th of 51

$1,148

AK $2,754NJ $631

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.