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Procedure price report · Inguinal and femoral hernia repair

Repair of sliding groin hernia, any age

CPT 49525the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to fix a groin hernia in which part of the bowel or other organ forms the wall of the hernia sac, at any patient age.

Hospitals typically charge $2,195 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 673 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,719. Most fall between $1,020 and $6,167 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
673
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 673 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
$756$1,149$2,195$4,923$10,764

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($756 vs $10,764).

How the prices are spread

$567 – $780: 47 hospitals$567$780 – $1,072: 71 hospitals$1,072 – $1,475: 79 hospitals$1,072$1,475 – $2,028: 95 hospitals$2,028 – $2,788: 61 hospitals$2,028$2,788 – $3,835: 31 hospitals$3,835 – $5,273: 95 hospitals$3,835$5,273 – $7,251: 45 hospitals$7,251 – $9,972: 43 hospitals$7,251$9,972 – $13,713: 40 hospitals$9,972median $2,195price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (607 of 673 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$567$78047
$780$1,07271
$1,072$1,47579
$1,475$2,02895
$2,028$2,78861
$2,788$3,83531
$3,835$5,27395
$5,273$7,25145
$7,251$9,97243
$9,972$13,71340

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,658
Median cash price$2,195
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.60×

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 $2,195.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,346 across 18 hospitalsWA$2,346Idaho: median $8,630 across 11 hospitalsID$8,630Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,308 across 29 hospitalsMN$2,308Illinois: median $1,149 across 28 hospitalsIL$1,149Wisconsin: median $2,622 across 35 hospitalsWI$2,622Michigan: median $1,863 across 32 hospitalsMI$1,863New York: median $4,176 across 51 hospitalsNY$4,176Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,578 across 21 hospitalsOR$1,578Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,406 across 39 hospitalsIA$1,406Indiana: median $757 across 10 hospitalsIN$757Ohio: median $2,322 across 16 hospitalsOH$2,322Pennsylvania: median $1,504 across 27 hospitalsPA$1,504New Jersey: median $4,435 across 32 hospitalsNJ$4,435Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,042 across 48 hospitalsCA$2,042Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,303 across 11 hospitalsNE$1,303Missouri: median $889 across 12 hospitalsMO$889Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,031 across 13 hospitalsWV$1,031Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,151 across 15 hospitalsKS$1,151Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $764 across 10 hospitalsTN$764North Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $947 across 13 hospitalsOK$947Louisiana: median $5,191 across 11 hospitalsLA$5,191Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $8,241 across 12 hospitalsGA$8,241Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,862 across 31 hospitalsTX$5,862Florida: median $3,542 across 13 hospitalsFL$3,542
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,195. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID11$8,630+293%$1,979 – $8,630
Georgia GA12$8,241+275%$2,755 – $8,241
Texas TX31$5,862+167%$3,579 – $7,097
Louisiana LA11$5,191+137%$1,653 – $8,131
New Jersey NJ32$4,435+102%$3,906 – $5,419
New York NY51$4,176+90%$1,291 – $4,595
Florida FL13$3,542+61%$2,322 – $8,372
Wisconsin WI35$2,622+19%$1,700 – $4,379
Washington WA18$2,346+7%$1,098 – $9,352
Ohio OH16$2,322+6%$878 – $3,993
Minnesota MN29$2,308+5%$1,239 – $3,032
California CA48$2,042−7%$1,574 – $13,535
Michigan MI32$1,863−15%$1,109 – $2,622
Oregon OR21$1,578−28%$1,063 – $2,421
Pennsylvania PA27$1,504−31%$249 – $5,966
Iowa IA39$1,406−36%$1,145 – $1,773
Nebraska NE11$1,303−41%$1,123 – $1,962
Kansas KS15$1,151−48%$734 – $2,837
Illinois IL28$1,149−48%$757 – $10,638
West Virginia WV13$1,031−53%$645 – $6,055
Oklahoma OK13$947−57%$947 – $1,663
Missouri MO12$889−59%$847 – $4,786
Tennessee TN10$764−65%$529 – $4,477
Indiana IN10$757−66%$627 – $2,194
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $2,195.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care447$3,786$1,046 – $8,241
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access216$1,679$996 – $3,032
Ownership
For-profit53$5,862$1,277 – $12,050
Government142$1,893$1,075 – $4,394
Non-profit477$2,090$984 – $5,862
System affiliation
Part of a system512$2,322$1,040 – $6,739
Independent161$1,911$930 – $5,287

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,482
Median cash price$2,195
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

345 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,554 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,863; most fall between $807 and $4,379.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 345 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
$593$947$1,554$3,165$8,630

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($593 vs $8,630).

Of the 388 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 345 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

673 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 740 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted673
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here46
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded18
Hospitals that filed this code740

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 Rpr Ingun Hernia Sliding Any Age.

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, “Repair of sliding groin hernia, any age (CPT 49525) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49525-repair-of-sliding-groin-hernia-any-age