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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 July 2026.

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

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,188 to $7,413.

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 $3,802 · 10th to 90th $933 to $11,220
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802

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
$912.01
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$13,489.63
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 35th of 50

$3,802

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.