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Repair of a Returning Femoral Hernia

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 49555

Repairs a femoral hernia — a bulge of tissue pushing through a weak point in the groin just below the crease, close to the large vessels running down to the leg — that has come back after an earlier repair. The contents are returned inside and the gap is closed and reinforced. Scarring from the first operation makes the layers harder to identify and the work slower.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair of a Returning Femoral Hernia cost?

$4,049

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,049 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$661 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$2,089 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $832 to $15,488Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,000
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $813

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
$645.65
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$4,049

$813 physician + $3,236 facility

OK $7,787MT $1,955

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.