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Widening A Narrowed Salivary Duct

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 42650

Opens up a narrowed salivary duct, the small tube carrying saliva from a gland into the mouth, by passing a fine probe or dilator along it. Restoring the flow relieves the painful swelling that builds under the jaw or in the cheek at mealtimes when saliva cannot escape. It is a short procedure done in the office.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Widening A Narrowed Salivary Duct cost?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 8 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$87.10$67.61 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$83.18 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $71 to $3,715Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $58 to $200
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $87

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
$87.10
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$173.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,677.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$275.42
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$194.98
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,677.35
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.2 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.

Massachusetts· 18th of 51

$91.20

MN $155KY $70.79

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.