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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx

Cleft lip repair, one side, first operation

CPT 40700the billing code this page is about

Plastic surgery to close a cleft of the lip and reshape the related nose deformity on one side, done as the initial repair.

Hospitals typically charge $5,290 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 247 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,139. Most fall between $1,733 and $9,267 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
247
States
41
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 247 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,432$1,896$5,290$8,140$11,934

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,432 vs $11,934).

How the prices are spread

$908 – $1,206: 11 hospitals$908$1,206 – $1,602: 12 hospitals$1,602 – $2,128: 32 hospitals$1,602$2,128 – $2,826: 19 hospitals$2,826 – $3,754: 15 hospitals$2,826$3,754 – $4,986: 11 hospitals$4,986 – $6,623: 40 hospitals$4,986$6,623 – $8,797: 37 hospitals$8,797 – $11,684: 17 hospitals$8,797$11,684 – $15,519: 31 hospitals$11,684median $5,290price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (225 of 247 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$908$1,20611
$1,206$1,60212
$1,602$2,12832
$2,128$2,82619
$2,826$3,75415
$3,754$4,98611
$4,986$6,62340
$6,623$8,79737
$8,797$11,68417
$11,684$15,51931

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$5,290
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.87×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $5,290.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,486 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,486Wisconsin: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWIMichigan: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $7,000 across 21 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,503 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,503Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $6,548 across 31 hospitalsNJ$6,548Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $11,934 across 24 hospitalsCA$11,934Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,651 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,651Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,290 across 19 hospitalsTX$5,290Florida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,290. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA24$11,934+126%$11,934 – $11,934
New York NY21$7,000+32%$6,048 – $7,027
New Jersey NJ31$6,548+24%$5,110 – $7,894
Texas TX19$5,2900%$5,290 – $5,290
Iowa IA16$2,503−53%$2,503 – $2,503
Oklahoma OK13$1,651−69%$1,651 – $8,221
Illinois IL12$1,486−72%$778 – $2,503
Pennsylvania PA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $5,290.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care214$5,290$1,694 – $9,267
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access16fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit26$5,290$931 – $9,422
Government38$3,369$1,867 – $7,475
Non-profit183$5,290$1,694 – $10,877
System affiliation
Part of a system200$5,419$1,694 – $10,077
Independent47$3,276$1,757 – $7,475

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,212
Median cash price$5,290
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

133 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,864 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,268; most fall between $1,651 and $11,934.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 133 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$931$1,651$2,864$6,548$11,934

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($931 vs $11,934).

Of the 159 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 133 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

247 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 281 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted247
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here25
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code281

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Plstc Rpr Cl Lip/Nsl Dfrm Prim Prtl/Compl Uni.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Cleft lip repair, one side, first operation (CPT 40700) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-40700-cleft-lip-repair-one-side-first-operation