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Procedure price report · Inguinal and femoral hernia repair

First femoral hernia repair for trapped hernia

CPT 49553the billing code this page is about

Open surgery for a first-time hernia below the groin crease in which the tissue is stuck outside the abdominal wall or its blood supply is cut off.

Hospitals typically charge $2,047 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 698 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,649. Most fall between $1,017 and $5,476 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
698
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 698 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
$739$1,140$2,047$4,808$10,203

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($739 vs $10,203).

How the prices are spread

$477 – $666: 24 hospitals$477$666 – $931: 59 hospitals$931 – $1,301: 103 hospitals$931$1,301 – $1,818: 102 hospitals$1,818 – $2,541: 49 hospitals$1,818$2,541 – $3,550: 71 hospitals$3,550 – $4,961: 88 hospitals$3,550$4,961 – $6,932: 69 hospitals$6,932 – $9,686: 28 hospitals$6,932$9,686 – $13,535: 39 hospitals$9,686median $2,047price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (632 of 698 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$477$66624
$666$93159
$931$1,301103
$1,301$1,818102
$1,818$2,54149
$2,541$3,55071
$3,550$4,96188
$4,961$6,93269
$6,932$9,68628
$9,686$13,53539

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,658
Median cash price$2,047
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.56×

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 $2,047.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $893 across 10 hospitalsME$893Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $943 across 10 hospitalsNH$943Washington: median $1,558 across 20 hospitalsWA$1,558Idaho: median $8,630 across 11 hospitalsID$8,630Montana: median $1,193 across 10 hospitalsMT$1,193North Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,850 across 35 hospitalsMN$1,850Illinois: median $1,547 across 27 hospitalsIL$1,547Wisconsin: median $3,271 across 37 hospitalsWI$3,271Michigan: median $1,307 across 36 hospitalsMI$1,307New York: median $1,933 across 42 hospitalsNY$1,933Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,739 across 26 hospitalsOR$1,739Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,547 across 37 hospitalsIA$1,547Indiana: median $1,096 across 18 hospitalsIN$1,096Ohio: median $2,579 across 22 hospitalsOH$2,579Pennsylvania: median $953 across 25 hospitalsPA$953New Jersey: median $4,350 across 35 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 6 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 $5,476 across 54 hospitalsCA$5,476Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,454 across 17 hospitalsNE$1,454Missouri: median $1,009 across 13 hospitalsMO$1,009Kentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,605 across 15 hospitalsWV$1,605Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,326 across 14 hospitalsKS$1,326Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,044 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,044Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,984 across 30 hospitalsTX$4,984Florida: median $3,542 across 13 hospitalsFL$3,542
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,047. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID11$8,630+322%$2,987 – $8,630
California CA54$5,476+168%$1,907 – $13,535
Texas TX30$4,984+144%$1,958 – $6,040
New Jersey NJ35$4,350+113%$3,906 – $5,339
Florida FL13$3,542+73%$2,579 – $5,461
Wisconsin WI37$3,271+60%$3,271 – $5,017
Ohio OH22$2,579+26%$900 – $5,525
New York NY42$1,933−6%$984 – $4,250
Minnesota MN35$1,850−10%$1,091 – $3,171
Oregon OR26$1,739−15%$1,169 – $2,316
West Virginia WV15$1,605−22%$709 – $5,475
Washington WA20$1,558−24%$1,211 – $6,053
Illinois IL27$1,547−24%$867 – $3,777
Iowa IA37$1,547−24%$1,251 – $1,557
Nebraska NE17$1,454−29%$1,237 – $2,970
Kansas KS14$1,326−35%$907 – $1,895
Michigan MI36$1,307−36%$930 – $3,271
Montana MT10$1,193−42%$386 – $1,924
Indiana IN18$1,096−46%$867 – $2,193
Oklahoma OK14$1,044−49%$1,044 – $7,195
Missouri MO13$1,009−51%$933 – $3,296
Pennsylvania PA25$953−53%$159 – $5,966
New Hampshire NH10$943−54%$625 – $2,047
Maine ME10$893−56%$506 – $1,328
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $2,047.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care464$3,271$1,011 – $6,739
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access227$1,540$1,034 – $3,271
Ownership
For-profit55$4,984$1,049 – $11,132
Government146$1,632$1,094 – $4,176
Non-profit496$2,047$972 – $5,476
System affiliation
Part of a system516$2,605$1,044 – $5,697
Independent182$1,736$955 – $3,795

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,442
Median cash price$2,047
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

366 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,520 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,926; most fall between $865 and $4,984.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 366 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
$506$907$1,520$3,765$7,600

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($506 vs $7,600).

Of the 410 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 366 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 21 a list price only.

How complete is this

698 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 777 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted698
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here57
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded18
Hospitals that filed this code777

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 1st Fem Hernia Any Age Incarcerated.

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 femoral hernia repair for trapped hernia (CPT 49553) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49553-first-femoral-hernia-repair-for-trapped-hernia