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Emergency Groin Hernia Repair, Premature Infant

Louisiana 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$1,122$933 to $1,479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,413 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $1,122

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
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$1,288

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.