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Repair Of A Tear In The Diaphragm

Massachusetts 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?

$2,365

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,365 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$1,023 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$724 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $832 to $10,000
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $1,318

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
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,951.21
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
8 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
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 32nd of 51

$2,365

$1,318 physician + $1,047 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.