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Removal Of A Growth In The Throat

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 42808

This is the removal or destruction of an abnormal growth located in the throat behind the mouth and nose. It can be done using a variety of techniques depending on the size and location of the growth. The area is typically examined afterward to confirm the growth is gone and to check healing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Growth In The Throat cost?

$5,488

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,488 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$191 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$4,169 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $8,511Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $158 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $240

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
$2,691.53
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in Wyoming than in North Dakota. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Connecticut· 4th of 50

$5,488

$240 physician + $5,248 facility

WY $7,030ND $531

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.