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Fitting Of A Pin-Retained Palate Plate

Alabama rates for HCPCS 42281

A custom-made plate for the roof of the mouth is put in place and held with small pins so it stays firmly seated. The plate covers an opening or a missing section of the palate, separating the mouth from the nose so eating and speech work normally. This step is the placement of the finished device.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fitting Of A Pin-Retained Palate Plate cost?

$2,407

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,407 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$166 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,230 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,890Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $148 to $447
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,188professional $219

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 39.7 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlabama $2,407 · 27th of 50
IN $15,345MD $386

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.