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Repair Of A Tear In The Diaphragm

Iowa 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?

$3,812

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,812 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,288 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,230 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,630
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $1,862

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
$741.31
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$10,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$3,812

$1,862 physician + $1,950 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.