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Procedure price report · Inguinal and femoral hernia repair

Repeat repair of groin hernia, any age

CPT 49520the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to fix a groin hernia that has come back after an earlier repair, where the bulging tissue can still be pushed back into place.

Hospitals typically charge $3,040 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,051 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,405. Most fall between $1,188 and $7,740 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,051
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,051 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$831$1,332$3,040$6,397$13,535

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($831 vs $13,535).

How the prices are spread

$648 – $899: 70 hospitals$648$899 – $1,249: 103 hospitals$1,249 – $1,733: 150 hospitals$1,249$1,733 – $2,407: 94 hospitals$2,407 – $3,342: 92 hospitals$2,407$3,342 – $4,640: 116 hospitals$4,640 – $6,442: 113 hospitals$4,640$6,442 – $8,944: 88 hospitals$8,944 – $12,419: 43 hospitals$8,944$12,419 – $17,242: 78 hospitals$12,419median $3,040price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (947 of 1,051 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$648$89970
$899$1,249103
$1,249$1,733150
$1,733$2,40794
$2,407$3,34292
$3,342$4,640116
$4,640$6,442113
$6,442$8,94488
$8,944$12,41943
$12,419$17,24278

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,658
Median cash price$3,040
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.83×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,040.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,220 across 11 hospitalsME$1,220Vermont: median $1,158 across 11 hospitalsVT$1,158New Hampshire: median $817 across 10 hospitalsNH$817Washington: median $1,615 across 27 hospitalsWA$1,615Idaho: median $4,150 across 16 hospitalsID$4,150Montana: median $1,143 across 12 hospitalsMT$1,143North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,923 across 42 hospitalsMN$1,923Illinois: median $2,915 across 47 hospitalsIL$2,915Wisconsin: median $3,271 across 42 hospitalsWI$3,271Michigan: median $2,056 across 42 hospitalsMI$2,056New York: median $4,176 across 62 hospitalsNY$4,176Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,739 across 28 hospitalsOR$1,739Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,549 across 54 hospitalsIA$1,549Indiana: median $1,502 across 23 hospitalsIN$1,502Ohio: median $5,525 across 47 hospitalsOH$5,525Pennsylvania: median $4,526 across 30 hospitalsPA$4,526New Jersey: median $4,632 across 35 hospitalsNJ$4,632Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,476 across 64 hospitalsCA$5,476Utah: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,406 across 17 hospitalsCO$1,406Nebraska: median $1,436 across 22 hospitalsNE$1,436Missouri: median $1,642 across 31 hospitalsMO$1,642Kentucky: median $1,297 across 16 hospitalsKY$1,297West Virginia: median $1,773 across 23 hospitalsWV$1,773Virginia: median $10,615 across 18 hospitalsVA$10,615Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,394 across 12 hospitalsAZ$4,394New Mexico: median $1,809 across 10 hospitalsNM$1,809Kansas: median $1,277 across 30 hospitalsKS$1,277Arkansas: median $5,400 across 15 hospitalsAR$5,400Tennessee: median $4,733 across 16 hospitalsTN$4,733North Carolina: median $5,874 across 13 hospitalsNC$5,874South Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,332 across 19 hospitalsOK$1,332Louisiana: median $3,570 across 16 hospitalsLA$3,570Mississippi: median $3,250 across 13 hospitalsMS$3,250Alabama: median $4,100 across 16 hospitalsAL$4,100Georgia: median $14,175 across 19 hospitalsGA$14,175Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,097 across 45 hospitalsTX$7,097Florida: median $5,369 across 21 hospitalsFL$5,369
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,040. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA19$14,175+366%$6,631 – $15,440
Virginia VA18$10,615+249%$694 – $16,788
Texas TX45$7,097+133%$3,579 – $9,634
North Carolina NC13$5,874+93%$919 – $12,862
Ohio OH47$5,525+82%$1,136 – $13,560
California CA64$5,476+80%$1,689 – $13,535
Arkansas AR15$5,400+78%$1,188 – $6,862
Florida FL21$5,369+77%$2,275 – $10,270
Tennessee TN16$4,733+56%$655 – $7,128
New Jersey NJ35$4,632+52%$3,906 – $6,839
Pennsylvania PA30$4,526+49%$862 – $7,890
Arizona AZ12$4,394+45%$949 – $19,980
New York NY62$4,176+37%$1,055 – $4,595
Idaho ID16$4,150+37%$1,398 – $8,630
Alabama AL16$4,100+35%$1,780 – $15,871
Louisiana LA16$3,570+17%$2,258 – $6,420
Wisconsin WI42$3,271+8%$2,273 – $5,580
Mississippi MS13$3,250+7%$1,050 – $7,128
Illinois IL47$2,915−4%$1,188 – $6,264
Michigan MI42$2,056−32%$1,221 – $4,923
Minnesota MN42$1,923−37%$1,071 – $3,382
New Mexico NM10$1,809−41%$1,213 – $9,571
West Virginia WV23$1,773−42%$714 – $6,087
Oregon OR28$1,739−43%$1,170 – $2,105
Missouri MO31$1,642−46%$939 – $9,988
Washington WA27$1,615−47%$1,244 – $7,077
Iowa IA54$1,549−49%$1,121 – $2,012
Indiana IN23$1,502−51%$788 – $12,602
Nebraska NE22$1,436−53%$1,080 – $4,078
Colorado CO17$1,406−54%$935 – $4,234
Oklahoma OK19$1,332−56%$1,332 – $8,125
Kentucky KY16$1,297−57%$788 – $5,208
Kansas KS30$1,277−58%$713 – $2,380
Maine ME11$1,220−60%$895 – $1,902
Vermont VT11$1,158−62%$647 – $2,533
Montana MT12$1,143−62%$942 – $1,990
New Hampshire NH10$817−73%$629 – $1,588
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,040.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care674$4,176$1,332 – $10,615
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access362$1,642$1,041 – $4,078
Ownership
For-profit110$6,154$1,773 – $14,495
Government234$1,993$1,136 – $5,400
Non-profit704$3,271$1,170 – $7,392
System affiliation
Part of a system769$3,592$1,297 – $8,630
Independent282$1,905$1,021 – $4,885

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,473
Median cash price$3,040
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

504 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,634 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,257; most fall between $855 and $5,476.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 504 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$557$973$1,634$4,630$8,612

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($557 vs $8,612).

Of the 567 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 504 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 37 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,051 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (27%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,168 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,051
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here67
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded42
Hospitals that filed this code1,168

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Inguinal and femoral hernia repair family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Repair Recurr Inguin Hern,Reducibl.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Repeat repair of groin hernia, any age (CPT 49520) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49520-repeat-repair-of-groin-hernia-any-age