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

Cleft palate repair of the soft and hard palate

CPT code CPT 42200the billing code this page is about

Surgical closure of a cleft (split) in the roof of the mouth, involving the soft palate and sometimes the bony hard palate.

Hospitals typically charge $5,110 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 281 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,779. Most fall between $1,659 and $8,913 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
281
States
42
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 281 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
$981$1,812$5,110$7,894$12,169

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($981 vs $12,169).

How the prices are spread

$937 – $1,216: 16 hospitals$937$1,216 – $1,579: 24 hospitals$1,579 – $2,050: 24 hospitals$1,579$2,050 – $2,661: 34 hospitals$2,661 – $3,455: 15 hospitals$2,661$3,455 – $4,485: 9 hospitals$4,485 – $5,822: 27 hospitals$4,485$5,822 – $7,559: 42 hospitals$7,559 – $9,813: 28 hospitals$7,559$9,813 – $12,739: 34 hospitals$9,813median $5,110price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (253 of 281 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$937$1,21616
$1,216$1,57924
$1,579$2,05024
$2,050$2,66134
$2,661$3,45515
$3,455$4,4859
$4,485$5,82227
$5,822$7,55942
$7,559$9,81328
$9,813$12,73934

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$5,110
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.84×

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 $5,110.

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: 4 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,378 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,378Wisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $937 across 20 hospitalsMI$937New York: median $7,000 across 21 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,334 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,334Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $6,548 across 30 hospitalsNJ$6,548Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $12,169 across 37 hospitalsCA$12,169Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,514 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,514Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,494 across 18 hospitalsTX$5,494Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,110. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA37$12,169+138%$2,652 – $12,169
New York NY21$7,000+37%$2,836 – $7,027
New Jersey NJ30$6,548+28%$4,881 – $7,659
Texas TX18$5,494+8%$5,494 – $5,494
Iowa IA16$2,334−54%$2,334 – $2,334
Oklahoma OK13$1,514−70%$1,514 – $9,456
Illinois IL12$1,378−73%$723 – $2,334
Michigan MI20$937−82%$937 – $1,911
Pennsylvania PA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA2not 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
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $5,110.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care237$5,341$1,659 – $8,858
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access26$5,355$1,537 – $11,442
Ownership
For-profit24$5,494$723 – $9,422
Government40$3,149$1,692 – $7,000
Non-profit216$4,881$1,679 – $9,807
System affiliation
Part of a system227$5,494$1,704 – $9,807
Independent54$2,631$1,589 – $6,383

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,058
Median cash price$5,110
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

155 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,652 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,528; most fall between $1,589 and $9,456.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 155 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
$1,326$1,695$2,652$6,523$12,169

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,326 vs $12,169).

Of the 182 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 155 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

281 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 316 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted281
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code316

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 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Palatop Cl Palate Soft&/Hard Palate Only.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Cleft palate repair of the soft and hard palate (CPT 42200) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-42200-cleft-palate-repair-of-the-soft-and-hard-palate