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Simple Incision Of The Hymen

North Carolina 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$74.13$61.66 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$1,023 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,248Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $49 to $123
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $74

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
$45.71
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
7 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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.62

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 22nd of 51

$83.18

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.