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Urgent Repair of a Returned Groin Hernia

Indiana rates for HCPCS 49557

Repairs a hernia low in the groin, just below the crease where the leg meets the abdomen, which has come back after an earlier repair and in which the bulging tissue is trapped and cannot be pushed back. Because trapped tissue can lose its blood supply, the operation is usually urgent: the surgeon opens the area, frees or removes any damaged tissue, and closes the defect. Scarring from the previous surgery makes the dissection more demanding.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Urgent Repair of a Returned Groin Hernia cost?

$5,124

Typical total for the visit. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,124 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$759$676 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,042 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $14,125Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $759

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
$691.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,467.37
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,754.40
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wisconsin 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

Indiana· 11th of 51

$5,124

$759 physician + $4,365 facility

WI $7,578MT $2,350

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.