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Nasolabial Fistula Repair

Massachusetts 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,288$891 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$813 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,677
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $1,288

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
$1,905.46
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,454.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,090.30
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
8 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
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$1,288

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.