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Keyhole Repair of a Hiatal Hernia

Montana rates for HCPCS 43281

Repairs a hernia at the opening in the diaphragm where the food pipe passes through, in which part of the stomach has pushed up into the chest alongside it. Working through several small cuts with a camera and long instruments, the surgeon draws the stomach back down into the abdomen and closes the gap in the diaphragm, often wrapping the top of the stomach around the lower food pipe to control reflux. Whether the closure is reinforced with a mesh patch determines which version of the operation applies.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Repair of a Hiatal Hernia cost?

$4,854

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,854 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,399$1,622 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$2,455 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,818
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $2,399

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,630.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,818.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95
2 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Colorado than in Florida. 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

Montana· 48th of 51

$4,854

$2,399 physician + $2,455 facility

CO $16,496FL $4,250

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.