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

Stitching a mouth cut over 2.5 cm or a complex cut

CPT 40831the billing code this page is about

Closure with stitches of a tear in the lining inside the lip or cheek that is larger than 2.5 centimeters or that is complicated.

Hospitals typically charge $918 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,300 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $983. Most fall between $503 and $1,669 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,300
States
49
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 1,300 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
$367$559$918$1,504$2,225

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($367 vs $2,225).

How the prices are spread

$296 – $371: 83 hospitals$296$371 – $465: 79 hospitals$465 – $582: 133 hospitals$465$582 – $729: 136 hospitals$729 – $913: 145 hospitals$729$913 – $1,144: 131 hospitals$1,144 – $1,433: 175 hospitals$1,144$1,433 – $1,795: 150 hospitals$1,795 – $2,249: 79 hospitals$1,795$2,249 – $2,817: 61 hospitals$2,249median $918price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,172 of 1,300 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$296$37183
$371$46579
$465$582133
$582$729136
$729$913145
$913$1,144131
$1,144$1,433175
$1,433$1,795150
$1,795$2,24979
$2,249$2,81761

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$551
Median cash price$918
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.67×

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 $918.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $532 across 10 hospitalsME$532Vermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $393 across 10 hospitalsNH$393Washington: median $764 across 38 hospitalsWA$764Idaho: median $998 across 11 hospitalsID$998Montana: median $453 across 10 hospitalsMT$453North Dakota: median $1,122 across 10 hospitalsND$1,122Minnesota: median $764 across 46 hospitalsMN$764Illinois: median $610 across 55 hospitalsIL$610Wisconsin: median $1,121 across 45 hospitalsWI$1,121Michigan: median $666 across 49 hospitalsMI$666New York: median $785 across 62 hospitalsNY$785Massachusetts: median $926 across 30 hospitalsMA$926Oregon: median $842 across 32 hospitalsOR$842Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $909 across 27 hospitalsIA$909Indiana: median $635 across 32 hospitalsIN$635Ohio: median $638 across 42 hospitalsOH$638Pennsylvania: median $1,074 across 55 hospitalsPA$1,074New Jersey: median $2,394 across 32 hospitalsNJ$2,394Connecticut: median $1,190 across 14 hospitalsCT$1,190Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,295 across 96 hospitalsCA$1,295Utah: median $545 across 25 hospitalsUT$545Colorado: median $1,087 across 31 hospitalsCO$1,087Nebraska: median $739 across 27 hospitalsNE$739Missouri: median $792 across 25 hospitalsMO$792Kentucky: median $522 across 13 hospitalsKY$522West Virginia: median $810 across 12 hospitalsWV$810Virginia: median $1,665 across 25 hospitalsVA$1,665Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,400 across 11 hospitalsAZ$1,400New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $565 across 15 hospitalsKS$565Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $311 across 14 hospitalsTN$311North Carolina: median $916 across 29 hospitalsNC$916South Carolina: median $1,726 across 29 hospitalsSC$1,726Oklahoma: median $590 across 34 hospitalsOK$590Louisiana: median $759 across 25 hospitalsLA$759Mississippi: median $350 across 23 hospitalsMS$350Alabama: median $578 across 10 hospitalsAL$578Georgia: median $1,184 across 42 hospitalsGA$1,184Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,409 across 97 hospitalsTX$1,409Florida: median $1,276 across 46 hospitalsFL$1,276
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $918. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ32$2,394+161%$564 – $5,339
South Carolina SC29$1,726+88%$803 – $2,680
Virginia VA25$1,665+81%$413 – $1,782
Texas TX97$1,409+54%$855 – $1,759
Arizona AZ11$1,400+53%$1,348 – $1,400
California CA96$1,295+41%$875 – $2,817
Florida FL46$1,276+39%$1,228 – $1,736
Connecticut CT14$1,190+30%$391 – $1,630
Georgia GA42$1,184+29%$640 – $1,462
North Dakota ND10$1,122+22%$472 – $1,389
Wisconsin WI45$1,121+22%$806 – $1,672
Colorado CO31$1,087+18%$734 – $1,760
Pennsylvania PA55$1,074+17%$655 – $1,732
Idaho ID11$998+9%$699 – $1,423
Massachusetts MA30$926+1%$696 – $1,805
North Carolina NC29$9160%$817 – $1,283
Iowa IA27$909−1%$438 – $1,209
Oregon OR32$842−8%$544 – $1,541
West Virginia WV12$810−12%$604 – $1,928
Missouri MO25$792−14%$414 – $1,465
New York NY62$785−14%$603 – $1,628
Minnesota MN46$764−17%$476 – $1,114
Washington WA38$764−17%$499 – $1,806
Louisiana LA25$759−17%$456 – $1,010
Nebraska NE27$739−19%$481 – $1,137
Michigan MI49$666−27%$368 – $1,672
Ohio OH42$638−31%$511 – $1,523
Indiana IN32$635−31%$463 – $960
Illinois IL55$610−33%$367 – $1,115
Oklahoma OK34$590−36%$352 – $1,038
Alabama AL10$578−37%$481 – $972
Kansas KS15$565−38%$431 – $1,207
Utah UT25$545−41%$328 – $545
Maine ME10$532−42%$304 – $730
Kentucky KY13$522−43%$321 – $772
Montana MT10$453−51%$306 – $662
New Hampshire NH10$393−57%$186 – $902
Mississippi MS23$350−62%$227 – $656
Tennessee TN14$311−66%$218 – $803
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $918.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,020$954$534 – $1,702
Children’s25$1,567$557 – $2,253
Critical access253$778$430 – $1,423
Ownership
For-profit108$1,114$539 – $1,557
Government194$739$471 – $1,276
Non-profit996$991$507 – $1,685
System affiliation
Part of a system1,091$991$524 – $1,672
Independent209$725$455 – $1,273

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,575
Median cash price$918
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

1,009 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,097 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,090; most fall between $545 and $1,736.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,009 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
$380$619$1,097$1,630$2,351

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($380 vs $2,351).

Of the 1,083 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,009 gave a usable cash price; 35 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 39 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,300 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (33%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,404 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,300
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here62
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded42
Hospitals that filed this code1,404

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

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

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Closure Laceration Vestibule Mouth > 2.5 Cm/Cpl.

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, “Stitching a mouth cut over 2.5 cm or a complex cut (CPT 40831) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-40831-stitching-a-mouth-cut-over-2-5-cm-or-a-complex-cut