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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 October 2026.

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

$4,531

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,531 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$550$513 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,479 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $832 to $14,791Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $794
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $550

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
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,786.30
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,090.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
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
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 33rd of 51

$4,531

$550 physician + $3,981 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.