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

Stitching a large or complex tongue or mouth cut

CPT 41252the billing code this page is about

Repair with stitches of a cut of the tongue or floor of the mouth that is 2.6 cm or longer, or that is complex.

Hospitals typically charge $746 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,701 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $804. Most fall between $328 and $1,536 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,701
States
49
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 1,701 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
$256$392$746$1,293$2,176

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($256 vs $2,176).

How the prices are spread

$201 – $267: 130 hospitals$201$267 – $354: 154 hospitals$354 – $469: 155 hospitals$354$469 – $622: 183 hospitals$622 – $825: 218 hospitals$622$825 – $1,094: 230 hospitals$1,094 – $1,451: 169 hospitals$1,094$1,451 – $1,923: 154 hospitals$1,923 – $2,551: 93 hospitals$1,923$2,551 – $3,382: 61 hospitals$2,551median $746price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,547 of 1,701 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$201$267130
$267$354154
$354$469155
$469$622183
$622$825218
$825$1,094230
$1,094$1,451169
$1,451$1,923154
$1,923$2,55193
$2,551$3,38261

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$242
Median cash price$746
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.1×

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 $746.

Alaska: median $1,359 across 10 hospitalsAK$1,359Maine: median $421 across 16 hospitalsME$421Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $423 across 15 hospitalsNH$423Washington: median $839 across 50 hospitalsWA$839Idaho: median $649 across 12 hospitalsID$649Montana: median $633 across 15 hospitalsMT$633North Dakota: median $1,026 across 13 hospitalsND$1,026Minnesota: median $799 across 60 hospitalsMN$799Illinois: median $715 across 70 hospitalsIL$715Wisconsin: median $1,002 across 55 hospitalsWI$1,002Michigan: median $326 across 52 hospitalsMI$326New York: median $615 across 74 hospitalsNY$615Massachusetts: median $1,412 across 38 hospitalsMA$1,412Oregon: median $796 across 40 hospitalsOR$796Nevada: median $547 across 12 hospitalsNV$547Wyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $712 across 14 hospitalsSD$712Iowa: median $623 across 38 hospitalsIA$623Indiana: median $677 across 33 hospitalsIN$677Ohio: median $694 across 64 hospitalsOH$694Pennsylvania: median $718 across 76 hospitalsPA$718New Jersey: median $1,517 across 45 hospitalsNJ$1,517Connecticut: median $1,027 across 15 hospitalsCT$1,027Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,321 across 109 hospitalsCA$1,321Utah: median $369 across 25 hospitalsUT$369Colorado: median $676 across 34 hospitalsCO$676Nebraska: median $681 across 30 hospitalsNE$681Missouri: median $584 across 36 hospitalsMO$584Kentucky: median $520 across 22 hospitalsKY$520West Virginia: median $401 across 21 hospitalsWV$401Virginia: median $1,155 across 48 hospitalsVA$1,155Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,223 across 17 hospitalsAZ$2,223New Mexico: median $633 across 13 hospitalsNM$633Kansas: median $428 across 26 hospitalsKS$428Arkansas: median $477 across 14 hospitalsAR$477Tennessee: median $296 across 29 hospitalsTN$296North Carolina: median $1,071 across 37 hospitalsNC$1,071South Carolina: median $1,437 across 38 hospitalsSC$1,437Oklahoma: median $547 across 34 hospitalsOK$547Louisiana: median $546 across 31 hospitalsLA$546Mississippi: median $525 across 38 hospitalsMS$525Alabama: median $546 across 16 hospitalsAL$546Georgia: median $877 across 43 hospitalsGA$877Hawaii: median $911 across 13 hospitalsHI$911Texas: median $1,290 across 120 hospitalsTX$1,290Florida: median $911 across 62 hospitalsFL$911
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $746. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ17$2,223+198%$490 – $3,252
New Jersey NJ45$1,517+103%$273 – $4,585
South Carolina SC38$1,437+93%$853 – $1,767
Massachusetts MA38$1,412+89%$787 – $4,368
Alaska AK10$1,359+82%$736 – $3,508
California CA109$1,321+77%$403 – $3,382
Texas TX120$1,290+73%$371 – $1,662
Virginia VA48$1,155+55%$253 – $1,665
North Carolina NC37$1,071+44%$483 – $1,116
Connecticut CT15$1,027+38%$362 – $1,630
North Dakota ND13$1,026+38%$564 – $1,471
Wisconsin WI55$1,002+34%$539 – $1,243
Florida FL62$911+22%$591 – $1,857
Hawaii HI13$911+22%$387 – $1,434
Georgia GA43$877+18%$452 – $1,970
Washington WA50$839+12%$528 – $1,570
Minnesota MN60$799+7%$509 – $1,039
Oregon OR40$796+7%$595 – $1,082
Pennsylvania PA76$718−4%$272 – $2,199
Illinois IL70$715−4%$275 – $1,192
South Dakota SD14$712−5%$556 – $1,252
Ohio OH64$694−7%$266 – $1,088
Nebraska NE30$681−9%$488 – $845
Indiana IN33$677−9%$412 – $1,014
Colorado CO34$676−9%$495 – $1,084
Idaho ID12$649−13%$442 – $923
Montana MT15$633−15%$306 – $889
New Mexico NM13$633−15%$300 – $721
Iowa IA38$623−17%$409 – $1,192
New York NY74$615−18%$275 – $1,638
Missouri MO36$584−22%$414 – $772
Nevada NV12$547−27%$257 – $1,212
Oklahoma OK34$547−27%$260 – $683
Alabama AL16$546−27%$255 – $1,240
Louisiana LA31$546−27%$280 – $894
Mississippi MS38$525−30%$228 – $845
Kentucky KY22$520−30%$328 – $1,152
Arkansas AR14$477−36%$214 – $583
Kansas KS26$428−43%$238 – $992
New Hampshire NH15$423−43%$190 – $861
Maine ME16$421−44%$290 – $972
West Virginia WV21$401−46%$295 – $1,001
Utah UT25$369−51%$340 – $410
Michigan MI52$326−56%$178 – $1,238
Tennessee TN29$296−60%$253 – $564
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not 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 $746.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,270$772$312 – $1,632
Children’s31$1,529$485 – $2,930
Critical access399$662$372 – $1,116
Ownership
For-profit155$847$353 – $1,966
Government297$695$355 – $1,149
Non-profit1,248$755$326 – $1,600
System affiliation
Part of a system1,363$787$328 – $1,600
Independent338$621$333 – $1,240

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,334
Median cash price$746
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

1,311 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $843 and the average of the middle 60% is $884; most fall between $370 and $1,647.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,311 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
$263$423$843$1,503$2,315

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($263 vs $2,315).

Of the 1,402 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,311 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 59 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,701 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (43%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,819 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,701
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here46
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 — excluded70
Hospitals that filed this code1,819

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 Rpr Lac Tongue Floor Mouth > 2.6 Cm/Cplx.

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 large or complex tongue or mouth cut (CPT 41252) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-41252-stitching-a-large-or-complex-tongue-or-mouth-cut