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Fitting Of A Pin-Retained Palate Plate

Mississippi 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 October 2026.

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

$1,448

Typical total for the visit. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,448 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$191 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$631 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,370Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $148 to $479
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $245

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
$199.53
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$426.58

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 11.8 times more in Wyoming than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Mississippi· 40th of 51

$1,448

$245 physician + $1,202 facility

WY $6,811MT $578

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.