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Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia

Kentucky 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 July 2026.

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

$5,495

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,311 to $12,303.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $955 to $20,417
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$23,988.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 27.5 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Kentucky· 24th of 50

$5,495

IN $15,136ND $550

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.