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Excision Of Tonsil Tags

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 42860

Removes small leftover tags of tonsil tissue, typically remaining after an earlier tonsil removal. This can relieve irritation, trapping of debris, or discomfort caused by the residual tissue.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Excision Of Tonsil Tags cost?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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$245$204 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$2,754 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,413Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $182 to $282
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $245

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$416.87

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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

$245

CA $562WV $191

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.