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Repair Of A Tear In The Diaphragm

Georgia rates for HCPCS 39501

Stitches closed a tear in the diaphragm, the sheet of muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen and drives breathing. Tears usually follow a severe injury such as a car crash, a fall from height, or a stab wound. Repairing the tear stops abdominal organs from pushing up into the chest and crowding the lung.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Tear In The Diaphragm cost?

$2,433

Typical total for the visit. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,433 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,202$977 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$646 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $513 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,230professional $1,202

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 18.1 times more in Maine than in Arkansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Georgia· 30th of 51

$2,433

$1,202 physician + $1,230 facility

ME $27,451AR $1,513

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.