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Emergency Groin Hernia Repair, Premature Infant

Alaska rates for HCPCS 49492

This service repairs a groin (inguinal) hernia in a very young or premature infant whose hernia has become trapped and cannot be pushed back in on its own. Because a trapped hernia can cut off blood flow to the trapped tissue, this repair is done urgently rather than on a scheduled basis. It corrects the hernia during the infant's earliest weeks of life.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Emergency Groin Hernia Repair, Premature Infant cost?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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 6 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$2,399$1,000 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$1,122 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,012Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,495
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $2,399

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
$2,818.38
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,290.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,495.41
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.6 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$2,138

CA $2,455KY $955

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.