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Wide Removal Of A Cancer At The Back Of The Mouth

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 42844

Removes a cancer involving the tonsil, the folds of tissue around it, or the area behind the last molar, taking a wide margin of surrounding tissue with it. The gap left behind is then closed and reconstructed during the same operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wide Removal Of A Cancer At The Back Of The Mouth cost?

$3,090

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,622 to $4,898.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $8,913
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090

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
$1,380.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,489.63

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in Indiana than in Maine. 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· 28th of 50

$3,090

IN $15,488ME $692

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.