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Rerouting of Salivary Ducts for Severe Drooling

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 42510

Surgery that moves the openings of the ducts carrying saliva from the large glands in front of the ears to a point further back in the mouth, so that saliva is swallowed instead of spilling from the lips. It is done for people whose constant drooling causes skin breakdown, soiled clothing, and social difficulty despite other treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rerouting of Salivary Ducts for Severe Drooling cost?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$1,175$724 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$617 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $575 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,585
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $1,175

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
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in California 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.

North Dakota· 4th of 51

$1,175

CA $1,905WV $603

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.