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Widening A Narrowed Salivary Duct

Nebraska 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$87.10$69.18 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$120 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $81 to $13,490Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $60 to $219
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 16th of 51

$93.33

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.