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Salivary Gland Biopsy

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 42405

This procedure removes a small sample of tissue from a salivary gland through a surgical cut, so it can be examined under a microscope. It is used to help diagnose a lump, swelling, or other abnormality found in a salivary gland.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Salivary Gland Biopsy cost?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$309$257 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$891 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,365Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $219 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $309

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
$398.11
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$489.78

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$339

MN $589KY $275

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.