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Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia

Alaska rates for HCPCS 49651

Repairs an inguinal, or groin, hernia that has come back after an earlier repair, working with a camera on a thin tube and instruments passed through several small cuts in the abdominal wall. The bulging tissue is pushed back and the weak area is reinforced, usually with a mesh patch. Approaching from the inside lets the surgeon avoid scar tissue left by the first operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia cost?

$8,899

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,899 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$1,820$759 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$5,754 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $20,893Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,090
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $1,820

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$19,498.45
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,912.51
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,073.80
12 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
$275.42
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.0 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

Alaska· 5th of 51

$8,899

$1,820 physician + $7,079 facility

WI $11,096MT $1,846

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.