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

Partial tongue removal, less than half the tongue

CPT 41120the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a portion of the tongue amounting to less than one half of it.

Hospitals typically charge $4,362 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 453 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,678. Most fall between $1,842 and $8,919 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
453
States
48
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 453 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
$1,147$1,925$4,362$7,659$12,101

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,147 vs $12,101).

How the prices are spread

$994 – $1,312: 33 hospitals$994$1,312 – $1,731: 28 hospitals$1,731 – $2,284: 49 hospitals$1,731$2,284 – $3,014: 51 hospitals$3,014 – $3,978: 41 hospitals$3,014$3,978 – $5,249: 22 hospitals$5,249 – $6,927: 71 hospitals$5,249$6,927 – $9,141: 55 hospitals$9,141 – $12,063: 37 hospitals$9,141$12,063 – $15,919: 24 hospitals$12,063median $4,362price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (411 of 453 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$994$1,31233
$1,312$1,73128
$1,731$2,28449
$2,284$3,01451
$3,014$3,97841
$3,978$5,24922
$5,249$6,92771
$6,927$9,14155
$9,141$12,06337
$12,063$15,91924

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$4,362
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.72×

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 $4,362.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,478 across 17 hospitalsMN$3,478Illinois: median $1,907 across 16 hospitalsIL$1,907Wisconsin: median $5,739 across 29 hospitalsWI$5,739Michigan: median $1,894 across 29 hospitalsMI$1,894New York: median $7,000 across 29 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,991 across 13 hospitalsOR$2,991Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $2,619 across 19 hospitalsIA$2,619Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,186 across 12 hospitalsOH$3,186Pennsylvania: median $3,908 across 22 hospitalsPA$3,908New Jersey: median $6,548 across 32 hospitalsNJ$6,548Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,828 across 34 hospitalsCA$9,828Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,709 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,709Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $5,908 across 13 hospitalsGA$5,908Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,979 across 21 hospitalsTX$5,979Florida: median $12,195 across 13 hospitalsFL$12,195
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,362. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL13$12,195+180%$3,186 – $16,473
California CA34$9,828+125%$3,890 – $9,828
New York NY29$7,000+60%$1,965 – $7,000
New Jersey NJ32$6,548+50%$5,110 – $7,659
Texas TX21$5,979+37%$5,979 – $5,979
Georgia GA13$5,908+35%$2,429 – $19,257
Wisconsin WI29$5,739+32%$5,238 – $8,919
Pennsylvania PA22$3,908−10%$641 – $10,001
Minnesota MN17$3,478−20%$2,552 – $3,478
Ohio OH12$3,186−27%$1,736 – $4,006
Oregon OR13$2,991−31%$1,925 – $2,991
Iowa IA19$2,619−40%$1,903 – $2,619
Illinois IL16$1,907−56%$994 – $2,619
Michigan MI29$1,894−57%$1,566 – $6,960
Oklahoma OK14$1,709−61%$1,709 – $10,919
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $4,362.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care378$4,700$1,842 – $9,186
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access66$3,478$1,894 – $5,979
Ownership
For-profit50$5,739$1,709 – $11,244
Government67$3,367$1,863 – $8,772
Non-profit335$3,986$1,894 – $8,222
System affiliation
Part of a system359$5,238$1,894 – $8,919
Independent94$3,212$1,736 – $8,134

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,747
Median cash price$4,362
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

237 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,052 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,808; most fall between $1,709 and $8,772.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 237 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
$1,067$1,825$3,052$6,039$9,940

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,067 vs $9,940).

Of the 262 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 237 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

453 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 501 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted453
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here33
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code501

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 OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Glossectomy <One-Half Tongue.

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, “Partial tongue removal, less than half the tongue (CPT 41120) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-41120-partial-tongue-removal-less-than-half-the-tongue