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Procedure price report · Other hernia repair

First abdominal hernia repair, 3 to 10 cm, trapped bulge

CPT 49594the billing code this page is about

Surgery to close a first-time hernia of the front abdominal wall measuring 3 to 10 centimeters across, where the bulging tissue is stuck or its blood supply is pinched.

Hospitals typically charge $4,248 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,021 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,104. Most fall between $1,319 and $12,415 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,021
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 1,021 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
$1,031$1,508$4,248$10,945$20,046

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,031 vs $20,046).

How the prices are spread

$769 – $1,101: 84 hospitals$769$1,101 – $1,577: 150 hospitals$1,577 – $2,258: 119 hospitals$1,577$2,258 – $3,234: 53 hospitals$3,234 – $4,632: 70 hospitals$3,234$4,632 – $6,635: 90 hospitals$6,635 – $9,502: 123 hospitals$6,635$9,502 – $13,610: 103 hospitals$13,610 – $19,492: 72 hospitals$13,610$19,492 – $27,918: 58 hospitals$19,492median $4,248price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (922 of 1,021 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$769$1,10184
$1,101$1,577150
$1,577$2,258119
$2,258$3,23453
$3,234$4,63270
$4,632$6,63590
$6,635$9,502123
$9,502$13,610103
$13,610$19,49272
$19,492$27,91858

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,176
Median cash price$4,248
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.69×

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 $4,248.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $1,177 across 10 hospitalsME$1,177Vermont: median $1,603 across 11 hospitalsVT$1,603New Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,829 across 28 hospitalsWA$1,829Idaho: median $9,508 across 17 hospitalsID$9,508Montana: median $1,659 across 13 hospitalsMT$1,659North Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,084 across 45 hospitalsMN$2,084Illinois: median $1,993 across 43 hospitalsIL$1,993Wisconsin: median $4,248 across 41 hospitalsWI$4,248Michigan: median $1,482 across 46 hospitalsMI$1,482New York: median $6,904 across 62 hospitalsNY$6,904Massachusetts: median $2,825 across 14 hospitalsMA$2,825Oregon: median $1,563 across 21 hospitalsOR$1,563Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,866 across 48 hospitalsIA$1,866Indiana: median $6,364 across 34 hospitalsIN$6,364Ohio: median $15,712 across 39 hospitalsOH$15,712Pennsylvania: median $8,722 across 32 hospitalsPA$8,722New Jersey: median $6,458 across 35 hospitalsNJ$6,458Connecticut: 8 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 $11,010 across 50 hospitalsCA$11,010Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,010 across 15 hospitalsCO$2,010Nebraska: median $1,574 across 14 hospitalsNE$1,574Missouri: median $6,025 across 36 hospitalsMO$6,025Kentucky: median $1,275 across 14 hospitalsKY$1,275West Virginia: median $4,088 across 24 hospitalsWV$4,088Virginia: median $17,375 across 20 hospitalsVA$17,375Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $7,419 across 12 hospitalsAZ$7,419New Mexico: median $6,000 across 12 hospitalsNM$6,000Kansas: median $1,506 across 32 hospitalsKS$1,506Arkansas: median $4,414 across 22 hospitalsAR$4,414Tennessee: median $6,519 across 19 hospitalsTN$6,519North Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,065 across 16 hospitalsOK$1,065Louisiana: median $6,154 across 12 hospitalsLA$6,154Mississippi: median $7,115 across 17 hospitalsMS$7,115Alabama: median $5,663 across 15 hospitalsAL$5,663Georgia: median $12,510 across 18 hospitalsGA$12,510Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,168 across 31 hospitalsTX$8,168Florida: median $10,425 across 20 hospitalsFL$10,425
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,248. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA20$17,375+309%$1,259 – $21,326
Ohio OH39$15,712+270%$2,880 – $42,515
Georgia GA18$12,510+194%$1,700 – $13,791
California CA50$11,010+159%$1,793 – $11,010
Florida FL20$10,425+145%$2,503 – $16,074
Idaho ID17$9,508+124%$2,377 – $15,131
Pennsylvania PA32$8,722+105%$3,307 – $11,934
Texas TX31$8,168+92%$2,278 – $14,094
Arizona AZ12$7,419+75%$1,071 – $21,884
Mississippi MS17$7,115+67%$2,291 – $13,008
New York NY62$6,904+63%$1,230 – $9,188
Tennessee TN19$6,519+53%$1,146 – $11,013
New Jersey NJ35$6,458+52%$4,881 – $7,331
Indiana IN34$6,364+50%$1,275 – $21,675
Louisiana LA12$6,154+45%$4,064 – $12,415
Missouri MO36$6,025+42%$1,262 – $16,075
New Mexico NM12$6,000+41%$1,557 – $12,216
Alabama AL15$5,663+33%$2,058 – $13,828
Arkansas AR22$4,414+4%$1,274 – $8,654
Wisconsin WI41$4,2480%$2,041 – $9,421
West Virginia WV24$4,088−4%$1,545 – $8,666
Massachusetts MA14$2,825−34%$2,636 – $13,257
Minnesota MN45$2,084−51%$892 – $5,217
Colorado CO15$2,010−53%$1,207 – $8,557
Illinois IL43$1,993−53%$1,275 – $13,201
Iowa IA48$1,866−56%$1,256 – $2,655
Washington WA28$1,829−57%$1,478 – $10,486
Montana MT13$1,659−61%$1,132 – $3,564
Vermont VT11$1,603−62%$984 – $2,766
Nebraska NE14$1,574−63%$1,041 – $4,652
Oregon OR21$1,563−63%$1,364 – $3,147
Kansas KS32$1,506−65%$1,094 – $5,695
Michigan MI46$1,482−65%$769 – $8,313
Kentucky KY14$1,275−70%$1,000 – $3,393
Maine ME10$1,177−72%$782 – $2,813
Oklahoma OK16$1,065−75%$1,065 – $11,895
North Carolina NC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $4,248.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care690$6,575$1,508 – $15,290
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access323$1,800$1,224 – $6,000
Ownership
For-profit116$10,125$3,393 – $20,149
Government224$2,058$1,260 – $8,783
Non-profit679$4,259$1,275 – $11,839
System affiliation
Part of a system756$5,530$1,329 – $13,608
Independent265$2,025$1,260 – $8,841

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,960
Median cash price$4,248
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

455 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,793 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,418; most fall between $1,006 and $7,169.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 455 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
$441$1,082$1,793$5,217$11,010

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($441 vs $11,010).

Of the 516 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 455 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 31 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,021 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (26%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,140 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,021
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here72
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded10
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded37
Hospitals that filed this code1,140

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 Other hernia repair family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rpr Aa Hernia 1st 3-10 Cm Ncrc8/Strangulated.

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 abdominal hernia repair, 3 to 10 cm, trapped bulge (CPT 49594) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49594-first-abdominal-hernia-repair-3-to-10-cm-trapped-bulge