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Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia

Illinois 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?

$5,956

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,956 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$708$603 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,311 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $11,220Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,072
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $708

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
$758.58
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 15th of 51

$5,956

$708 physician + $5,248 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.