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Groin Hernia Repair, Premature Newborn

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 49491

Surgery to repair an inguinal hernia, a bulge in the groin where tissue pushes through a weak spot in the abdominal wall, in a baby born prematurely and operated on during the newborn period. It covers the situation where the bulge can still be pushed back into place, and a fluid-filled sac around the testicle may be dealt with in the same operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Groin Hernia Repair, Premature Newborn cost?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$933$759 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,380 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,762Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,514
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $933

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in California 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$1,148

CA $1,905KY $794

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.