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Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia

North Carolina 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?

$4,782

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,782 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$891$741 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,820 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $741 to $11,220Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $891

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
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$891.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
14 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
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$4,782

$891 physician + $3,890 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.