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Keyhole Repair of a Returning Groin Hernia

Utah 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?

$5,778

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,778 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 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$407$347 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,548 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $724 to $15,136Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $56 to $661
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $407

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
$724.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$17,378.01
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
7 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
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$26,302.68

Where Utah 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

Utah· 20th of 51

$5,778

$407 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.