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

Clipping the band of tissue under the tongue

CPT 41010the billing code this page is about

Cutting the band of tissue that tethers the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth to free tongue movement.

Hospitals typically charge $1,189 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,545 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,288. Most fall between $353 and $2,680 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,545
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 1,545 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
$218$444$1,189$2,296$4,256

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($218 vs $4,256).

How the prices are spread

$145 – $208: 70 hospitals$145$208 – $298: 108 hospitals$298 – $428: 122 hospitals$298$428 – $615: 133 hospitals$615 – $883: 117 hospitals$615$883 – $1,268: 168 hospitals$1,268 – $1,821: 228 hospitals$1,268$1,821 – $2,615: 203 hospitals$2,615 – $3,756: 131 hospitals$2,615$3,756 – $5,394: 116 hospitals$3,756median $1,189price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,396 of 1,545 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$145$20870
$208$298108
$298$428122
$428$615133
$615$883117
$883$1,268168
$1,268$1,821228
$1,821$2,615203
$2,615$3,756131
$3,756$5,394116

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,585
Median cash price$1,189
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.75×

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 $1,189.

Alaska: median $672 across 10 hospitalsAK$672Maine: median $290 across 13 hospitalsME$290Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,344 across 51 hospitalsWA$1,344Idaho: median $445 across 17 hospitalsID$445Montana: median $232 across 14 hospitalsMT$232North Dakota: median $1,520 across 12 hospitalsND$1,520Minnesota: median $542 across 63 hospitalsMN$542Illinois: median $1,297 across 58 hospitalsIL$1,297Wisconsin: median $469 across 71 hospitalsWI$469Michigan: median $1,374 across 66 hospitalsMI$1,374New York: median $1,753 across 58 hospitalsNY$1,753Massachusetts: median $1,863 across 20 hospitalsMA$1,863Oregon: median $1,812 across 43 hospitalsOR$1,812Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: median $579 across 10 hospitalsWY$579South Dakota: median $1,314 across 13 hospitalsSD$1,314Iowa: median $492 across 56 hospitalsIA$492Indiana: median $336 across 37 hospitalsIN$336Ohio: median $1,793 across 86 hospitalsOH$1,793Pennsylvania: median $1,737 across 37 hospitalsPA$1,737New Jersey: median $3,986 across 34 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: median $1,949 across 11 hospitalsCT$1,949Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,236 across 96 hospitalsCA$2,236Utah: median $1,611 across 28 hospitalsUT$1,611Colorado: median $2,052 across 38 hospitalsCO$2,052Nebraska: median $479 across 43 hospitalsNE$479Missouri: median $1,282 across 40 hospitalsMO$1,282Kentucky: median $1,140 across 21 hospitalsKY$1,140West Virginia: median $510 across 26 hospitalsWV$510Virginia: median $1,912 across 34 hospitalsVA$1,912Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $871 across 12 hospitalsNM$871Kansas: median $344 across 38 hospitalsKS$344Arkansas: median $779 across 13 hospitalsAR$779Tennessee: median $671 across 25 hospitalsTN$671North Carolina: median $1,604 across 33 hospitalsNC$1,604South Carolina: median $2,960 across 24 hospitalsSC$2,960Oklahoma: median $1,027 across 23 hospitalsOK$1,027Louisiana: median $886 across 28 hospitalsLA$886Mississippi: median $706 across 20 hospitalsMS$706Alabama: median $575 across 12 hospitalsAL$575Georgia: median $1,065 across 48 hospitalsGA$1,065Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,184 across 87 hospitalsTX$1,184Florida: median $2,020 across 32 hospitalsFL$2,020
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,189. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ34$3,986+235%$1,641 – $6,864
South Carolina SC24$2,960+149%$1,603 – $2,960
California CA96$2,236+88%$625 – $5,365
Colorado CO38$2,052+73%$709 – $3,319
Florida FL32$2,020+70%$1,438 – $3,454
Connecticut CT11$1,949+64%$969 – $2,616
Virginia VA34$1,912+61%$671 – $2,509
Massachusetts MA20$1,863+57%$1,120 – $2,329
Oregon OR43$1,812+52%$387 – $4,181
Ohio OH86$1,793+51%$978 – $2,722
New York NY58$1,753+47%$307 – $3,205
Pennsylvania PA37$1,737+46%$160 – $2,504
Utah UT28$1,611+36%$1,611 – $1,790
North Carolina NC33$1,604+35%$380 – $2,323
North Dakota ND12$1,520+28%$511 – $2,103
Michigan MI66$1,374+16%$135 – $2,566
Washington WA51$1,344+13%$518 – $2,235
South Dakota SD13$1,314+11%$340 – $3,360
Illinois IL58$1,297+9%$369 – $2,962
Missouri MO40$1,282+8%$307 – $3,248
Texas TX87$1,1840%$1,096 – $2,431
Kentucky KY21$1,140−4%$233 – $4,838
Georgia GA48$1,065−10%$779 – $4,609
Oklahoma OK23$1,027−14%$996 – $2,895
Louisiana LA28$886−25%$512 – $1,637
New Mexico NM12$871−27%$367 – $2,450
Arkansas AR13$779−34%$429 – $1,898
Mississippi MS20$706−41%$224 – $1,200
Alaska AK10$672−44%$355 – $1,020
Tennessee TN25$671−44%$364 – $861
Wyoming WY10$579−51%$333 – $1,522
Alabama AL12$575−52%$270 – $6,474
Minnesota MN63$542−54%$206 – $1,592
West Virginia WV26$510−57%$111 – $1,784
Iowa IA56$492−59%$206 – $1,499
Nebraska NE43$479−60%$320 – $1,027
Wisconsin WI71$469−61%$271 – $1,274
Idaho ID17$445−63%$292 – $1,119
Kansas KS38$344−71%$217 – $2,022
Indiana IN37$336−72%$215 – $923
Maine ME13$290−76%$176 – $712
Montana MT14$232−80%$163 – $637
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $1,189.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,116$1,592$512 – $2,960
Children’s48$1,600$425 – $6,985
Critical access376$447$239 – $1,487
Ownership
For-profit121$1,603$643 – $4,256
Government289$727$306 – $1,898
Non-profit1,130$1,320$367 – $2,791
System affiliation
Part of a system1,248$1,384$371 – $2,816
Independent297$709$307 – $2,160

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,159
Median cash price$1,189
Cash as a share of list, median hospital63%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 37%. 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

1,059 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,275 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,347; most fall between $418 and $2,579.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,059 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
$246$512$1,275$2,267$4,049

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($246 vs $4,049).

Of the 1,136 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,059 gave a usable cash price; 32 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 45 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,545 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (39%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,661 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,545
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here67
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded47
Hospitals that filed this code1,661

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 Hp Incision Lingual Frenum Frenotomy.

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, “Clipping the band of tissue under the tongue (CPT 41010) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-41010-clipping-the-band-of-tissue-under-the-tongue