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Salivary Fistula Closure

Utah rates for HCPCS 42600

Surgically closes a salivary fistula, an abnormal opening that allows saliva to leak from a salivary gland or its duct through the skin or into the mouth. Closing the fistula stops the leakage and its associated irritation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Salivary Fistula Closure cost?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$347 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$646 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,918Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $28 to $575
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $427

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
$478.63
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Utah· 43rd of 51

$437

AK $1,445NJ $389

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.