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Widening A Narrowed Salivary Duct

Rhode Island 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 4 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$79.43$74.13 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,549 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,012Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $60 to $112
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $79

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 27th of 51

$81.28

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.