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

Radiofrequency shrinking of the tongue base, per session

CPT 41530the billing code this page is about

Radiofrequency energy applied under the surface of the base of the tongue to shrink tissue; one unit covers one treatment session regardless of how many spots are treated.

Hospitals typically charge $3,586 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 246 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,479. Most fall between $910 and $6,612 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
246
States
40
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 246 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
$609$1,492$3,586$5,772$7,353

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($609 vs $7,353).

How the prices are spread

$605 – $797: 27 hospitals$605$797 – $1,049: 15 hospitals$1,049 – $1,382: 6 hospitals$1,049$1,382 – $1,821: 9 hospitals$1,821 – $2,399: 9 hospitals$1,821$2,399 – $3,160: 22 hospitals$3,160 – $4,162: 58 hospitals$3,160$4,162 – $5,482: 20 hospitals$5,482 – $7,222: 27 hospitals$5,482$7,222 – $9,513: 29 hospitals$7,222median $3,586price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (222 of 246 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$605$79727
$797$1,04915
$1,049$1,3826
$1,382$1,8219
$1,821$2,3999
$2,399$3,16022
$3,160$4,16258
$4,162$5,48220
$5,482$7,22227
$7,222$9,51329

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,387
Median cash price$3,586
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.06×

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 $3,586.

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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $686 across 12 hospitalsIL$686Wisconsin: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $816 across 11 hospitalsMI$816New York: median $3,838 across 21 hospitalsNY$3,838Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceORNevada: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $5,772 across 15 hospitalsIA$5,772Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $1,654 across 11 hospitalsOH$1,654Pennsylvania: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $3,986 across 22 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,353 across 27 hospitalsCA$7,353Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $609 across 12 hospitalsOK$609Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,496 across 19 hospitalsTX$2,496Florida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,586. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA27$7,353+105%$2,074 – $7,353
Iowa IA15$5,772+61%$4,027 – $5,772
New Jersey NJ22$3,986+11%$3,590 – $5,419
New York NY21$3,838+7%$2,495 – $3,935
Texas TX19$2,496−30%$2,496 – $2,726
Ohio OH11$1,654−54%$910 – $3,434
Michigan MI11$816−77%$605 – $4,559
Illinois IL12$686−81%$686 – $6,993
Oklahoma OK12$609−83%$609 – $609
Wisconsin WI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not 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
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not 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 $3,586.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care210$3,819$1,019 – $6,847
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access31$2,496$686 – $3,582
Ownership
For-profit26$2,395$686 – $4,783
Government39$3,838$1,053 – $8,422
Non-profit181$3,590$937 – $6,612
System affiliation
Part of a system206$3,670$1,019 – $6,634
Independent40$2,378$681 – $5,082

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,159
Median cash price$3,586
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

135 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,496 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,723; most fall between $609 and $6,634.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 135 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
$605$686$2,496$5,772$7,353

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($605 vs $7,353).

Of the 154 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 135 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

246 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 282 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted246
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code282

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 non-OR therapeutic procedures on nose, mouth and pharynx family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Submucosal Abltj Tongue Rf 1/> Sites PR Session.

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, “Radiofrequency shrinking of the tongue base, per session (CPT 41530) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-41530-radiofrequency-shrinking-of-the-tongue-base-per-session