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

Removal of a sublingual salivary cyst

CPT 42408the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a fluid-filled salivary cyst under the tongue.

Hospitals typically charge $2,075 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 405 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,516. Most fall between $625 and $5,299 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
405
States
46
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 405 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
$455$782$2,075$4,783$8,795

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($455 vs $8,795).

How the prices are spread

$367 – $504: 33 hospitals$367$504 – $693: 36 hospitals$693 – $952: 35 hospitals$693$952 – $1,309: 42 hospitals$1,309 – $1,799: 14 hospitals$1,309$1,799 – $2,472: 39 hospitals$2,472 – $3,397: 17 hospitals$2,472$3,397 – $4,669: 67 hospitals$4,669 – $6,417: 38 hospitals$4,669$6,417 – $8,820: 44 hospitals$6,417median $2,075price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (365 of 405 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$367$50433
$504$69336
$693$95235
$952$1,30942
$1,309$1,79914
$1,799$2,47239
$2,472$3,39717
$3,397$4,66967
$4,669$6,41738
$6,417$8,82044

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,387
Median cash price$2,075
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.61×

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 $2,075.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 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: 6 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $975 across 20 hospitalsIL$975Wisconsin: median $2,075 across 24 hospitalsWI$2,075Michigan: median $433 across 26 hospitalsMI$433New York: median $3,838 across 28 hospitalsNY$3,838Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 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 $1,302 across 16 hospitalsIA$1,302Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,074 across 11 hospitalsOH$1,074Pennsylvania: median $1,981 across 22 hospitalsPA$1,981New Jersey: median $4,627 across 29 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $4,560 across 45 hospitalsCA$4,560Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 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 $573 across 14 hospitalsOK$573Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,004 across 27 hospitalsTX$5,004Florida: median $8,215 across 10 hospitalsFL$8,215
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,075. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL10$8,215+296%$1,212 – $9,948
Texas TX27$5,004+141%$3,727 – $5,543
New Jersey NJ29$4,627+123%$3,590 – $6,864
California CA45$4,560+120%$2,137 – $8,820
New York NY28$3,838+85%$1,007 – $4,139
Wisconsin WI24$2,0750%$2,075 – $3,739
Pennsylvania PA22$1,981−5%$226 – $5,483
Iowa IA16$1,302−37%$1,302 – $1,302
Ohio OH11$1,074−48%$607 – $3,434
Illinois IL20$975−53%$455 – $1,431
Oklahoma OK14$573−72%$573 – $6,612
Michigan MI26$433−79%$367 – $2,075
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,075.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care331$2,580$651 – $5,778
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access61$1,130$464 – $2,999
Ownership
For-profit35$2,246$573 – $5,299
Government62$1,544$741 – $3,838
Non-profit307$2,075$600 – $5,419
System affiliation
Part of a system323$2,472$646 – $5,778
Independent82$1,130$620 – $3,727

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,013
Median cash price$2,075
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

248 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,544 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,079; most fall between $573 and $5,004.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 248 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
$455$620$1,544$4,560$8,795

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($455 vs $8,795).

Of the 267 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 248 gave a usable cash price; 8 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

405 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 442 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted405
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) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code442

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 PR Excision Subling Salivary Cyst.

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, “Removal of a sublingual salivary cyst (CPT 42408) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-42408-removal-of-a-sublingual-salivary-cyst