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Widening A Narrowed Salivary Duct

North Dakota 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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$123$74.13 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$57.54 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $56 to $1,995Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $58 to $182
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $79professional $123

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
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 4th of 51

$120

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.