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Simple Incision Of The Hymen

Georgia rates for HCPCS 56442

This minor procedure makes a small incision to open the hymen, the thin tissue that partially covers the entrance to the vagina. It is done to relieve a blockage that is preventing normal menstrual flow or causing pain, or for other medical reasons requiring the opening to be enlarged. It is typically a quick procedure done under local or light anesthesia.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Simple Incision Of The Hymen cost?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$70.79$52.48 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$759 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $417 to $4,786Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $39 to $123
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $71

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
$123.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$117.49
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Oklahoma than in Kentucky. 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.

Georgia· 24th of 51

$81.28

OK $1,000KY $47.86

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.