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Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia

Louisiana 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?

$5,581

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,581 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$794$603 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$3,090 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $11,220Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $537 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $794

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
$891.25
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$5,581

$794 physician + $4,786 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.