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Hiatal Hernia Repair Without Mesh

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 43332

Open surgery for a hernia at the diaphragm, where part of the stomach has pushed upward through the opening alongside the food pipe. The stomach is drawn back down into the abdomen and the widened gap in the diaphragm is closed with stitches alone, and the top of the stomach is usually wrapped around the food pipe to control reflux. No reinforcing patch is used.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hiatal Hernia Repair Without Mesh cost?

$2,053

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,053 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$1,148 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$479 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,344
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,259

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
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,290.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,398.83
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,230.27
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$912.01
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,238.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
1 more rate 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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

Pennsylvania· 47th of 51

$2,053

$1,259 physician + $794 facility

CO $11,549MD $1,793

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.