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Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia

South 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?

$4,968

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,968 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$603$513 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,570 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $19,498Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $107 to $912
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $603

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
$660.69
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
12 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
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90

Where South 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

South Carolina· 28th of 51

$4,968

$603 physician + $4,365 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.