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Groin Hernia Repair, Premature Newborn

Oklahoma 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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$813$741 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$1,514 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,023Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,318
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $813

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 25th of 51

$1,000

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.