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Salivary Gland Biopsy

Minnesota 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 6 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$575$372 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$468 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $257 to $4,365Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $575

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
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,344.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$589

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.