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Complicated Removal of Submandibular Salivary Stone

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 42335

A procedure done through the mouth to remove a stone blocking the submandibular gland, a saliva-producing gland beneath the jaw. This is the complicated version of the procedure, reflecting a more difficult removal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complicated Removal of Submandibular Salivary Stone cost?

$2,853

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,853 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$398$302 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,000 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,370Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $251 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $398

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
$537.03
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Indiana 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Louisiana· 27th of 50

$2,853

$398 physician + $2,455 facility

IN $8,109WV $739

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.