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Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia

North Dakota 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?

$4,332

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,332 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$692 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$550 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,413Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,096

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$549.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
5 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
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 37th of 51

$4,332

$1,096 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.