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Procedure price report · Inguinal and femoral hernia repair

First repair of femoral hernia, any age

CPT 49550the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to fix a first-time hernia in the upper thigh just below the groin crease, where the tissue can still be pushed back into place.

Hospitals typically charge $1,862 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 682 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,494. Most fall between $967 and $5,715 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
682
States
50
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 682 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
$699$1,071$1,862$4,729$12,607

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($699 vs $12,607).

How the prices are spread

$566 – $791: 63 hospitals$566$791 – $1,105: 84 hospitals$1,105 – $1,543: 119 hospitals$1,105$1,543 – $2,155: 56 hospitals$2,155 – $3,011: 55 hospitals$2,155$3,011 – $4,206: 71 hospitals$4,206 – $5,875: 66 hospitals$4,206$5,875 – $8,206: 27 hospitals$8,206 – $11,463: 35 hospitals$8,206$11,463 – $16,012: 38 hospitals$11,463median $1,862price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (614 of 682 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$566$79163
$791$1,10584
$1,105$1,543119
$1,543$2,15556
$2,155$3,01155
$3,011$4,20671
$4,206$5,87566
$5,875$8,20627
$8,206$11,46335
$11,463$16,01238

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,658
Median cash price$1,862
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.51×

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 $1,862.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $727 across 10 hospitalsNH$727Washington: median $1,343 across 21 hospitalsWA$1,343Idaho: median $8,630 across 12 hospitalsID$8,630Montana: median $1,087 across 12 hospitalsMT$1,087North Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,879 across 36 hospitalsMN$2,879Illinois: median $1,767 across 34 hospitalsIL$1,767Wisconsin: median $2,983 across 35 hospitalsWI$2,983Michigan: median $1,307 across 35 hospitalsMI$1,307New York: median $3,658 across 38 hospitalsNY$3,658Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,198 across 18 hospitalsOR$1,198Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $1,413 across 40 hospitalsIA$1,413Indiana: median $898 across 15 hospitalsIN$898Ohio: median $1,423 across 23 hospitalsOH$1,423Pennsylvania: median $1,510 across 28 hospitalsPA$1,510New Jersey: median $4,627 across 33 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $13,535 across 36 hospitalsCA$13,535Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,223 across 11 hospitalsCO$1,223Nebraska: median $1,325 across 12 hospitalsNE$1,325Missouri: median $1,298 across 23 hospitalsMO$1,298Kentucky: median $920 across 10 hospitalsKY$920West Virginia: median $1,469 across 17 hospitalsWV$1,469Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,216 across 13 hospitalsKS$1,216Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,216 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,216Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $4,919 across 11 hospitalsAL$4,919Georgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,369 across 27 hospitalsTX$4,369Florida: median $2,337 across 10 hospitalsFL$2,337
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,862. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA36$13,535+627%$1,296 – $13,535
Idaho ID12$8,630+363%$1,776 – $8,630
Alabama AL11$4,919+164%$1,621 – $10,297
New Jersey NJ33$4,627+148%$3,906 – $5,419
Texas TX27$4,369+135%$3,817 – $5,237
New York NY38$3,658+96%$943 – $4,250
Wisconsin WI35$2,983+60%$2,983 – $4,294
Minnesota MN36$2,879+55%$1,511 – $3,392
Florida FL10$2,337+26%$637 – $13,342
Illinois IL34$1,767−5%$714 – $16,177
Pennsylvania PA28$1,510−19%$135 – $5,966
West Virginia WV17$1,469−21%$649 – $4,977
Ohio OH23$1,423−24%$639 – $12,782
Iowa IA40$1,413−24%$1,102 – $1,785
Washington WA21$1,343−28%$1,139 – $4,497
Nebraska NE12$1,325−29%$1,131 – $3,168
Michigan MI35$1,307−30%$744 – $3,550
Missouri MO23$1,298−30%$852 – $13,206
Colorado CO11$1,223−34%$1,003 – $3,529
Oklahoma OK15$1,216−35%$1,216 – $7,195
Kansas KS13$1,216−35%$500 – $1,605
Oregon OR18$1,198−36%$1,071 – $2,750
Montana MT12$1,087−42%$857 – $1,727
Kentucky KY10$920−51%$589 – $1,312
Indiana IN15$898−52%$714 – $7,547
New Hampshire NH10$727−61%$566 – $1,185
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $1,862.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care430$3,052$998 – $9,215
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access241$1,394$905 – $3,392
Ownership
For-profit52$3,891$1,000 – $10,297
Government150$1,529$988 – $4,260
Non-profit477$1,930$954 – $5,855
System affiliation
Part of a system501$2,681$995 – $6,739
Independent181$1,461$898 – $4,031

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,059
Median cash price$1,862
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 $1,413 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,778; most fall between $758 and $3,817.

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
$597$895$1,413$3,392$8,630

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($597 vs $8,630).

Of the 389 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 345 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 23 a list price only.

How complete is this

682 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 751 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted682
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here48
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded19
Hospitals that filed this code751

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 Femoral Hernia,Reducible.

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, “First repair of femoral hernia, any age (CPT 49550) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49550-first-repair-of-femoral-hernia-any-age