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Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia

Maryland 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?

$3,825

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,825 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$589$537 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$2,188 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,310Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $447 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $589

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
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$660.69
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 44th of 51

$3,825

$589 physician + $3,236 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.