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Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia

Colorado 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?

$10,992

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,992 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$631 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$4,898 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $17,783Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $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
$741.31
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
10 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
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$10,992

$759 physician + $10,233 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.