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Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia

New Jersey 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?

$5,849

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,849 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$479$447 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,631 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $13,490Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $372 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $479

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
$478.63
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$22,908.68
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 17th of 51

$5,849

$479 physician + $5,370 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.