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Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia

Tennessee 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?

$4,974

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,974 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$708$575 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,692 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $9,120Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,786
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $708

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
$1,230.27
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$4,974

$708 physician + $4,266 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.