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Procedure price report · Other hernia repair

Repeat abdominal hernia repair, 3–10 cm, trapped bulge

CPT 49616the billing code this page is about

Surgery to close a returning 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 $2,581 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 679 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,048. Most fall between $1,308 and $12,183 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
679
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 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 679 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
$979$1,444$2,581$9,188$20,977

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($979 vs $20,977).

How the prices are spread

$827 – $1,192: 67 hospitals$827$1,192 – $1,718: 140 hospitals$1,718 – $2,476: 87 hospitals$1,718$2,476 – $3,569: 48 hospitals$3,569 – $5,143: 58 hospitals$3,569$5,143 – $7,412: 44 hospitals$7,412 – $10,682: 46 hospitals$7,412$10,682 – $15,394: 42 hospitals$15,394 – $22,186: 52 hospitals$15,394$22,186 – $31,973: 29 hospitals$22,186median $2,581price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (613 of 679 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$827$1,19267
$1,192$1,718140
$1,718$2,47687
$2,476$3,56948
$3,569$5,14358
$5,143$7,41244
$7,412$10,68246
$10,682$15,39442
$15,394$22,18652
$22,186$31,97329

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,581.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,925 across 19 hospitalsWA$1,925Idaho: median $6,200 across 11 hospitalsID$6,200Montana: 7 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 $2,566 across 29 hospitalsMN$2,566Illinois: median $2,067 across 30 hospitalsIL$2,067Wisconsin: median $4,917 across 37 hospitalsWI$4,917Michigan: median $1,199 across 39 hospitalsMI$1,199New York: median $4,332 across 37 hospitalsNY$4,332Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,784 across 17 hospitalsOR$1,784Nevada: 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,148 across 32 hospitalsIA$2,148Indiana: median $1,444 across 18 hospitalsIN$1,444Ohio: median $4,447 across 24 hospitalsOH$4,447Pennsylvania: median $9,432 across 20 hospitalsPA$9,432New Jersey: median $4,627 across 23 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: 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 $1,663 across 38 hospitalsCA$1,663Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $7,727 across 27 hospitalsMO$7,727Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $4,060 across 17 hospitalsWV$4,060Virginia: median $12,143 across 13 hospitalsVA$12,143Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals 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 $1,450 across 19 hospitalsKS$1,450Arkansas: median $2,457 across 18 hospitalsAR$2,457Tennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth 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 $1,226 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,226Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $7,029 across 12 hospitalsAL$7,029Georgia: median $16,385 across 11 hospitalsGA$16,385Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,943 across 16 hospitalsTX$8,943Florida: median $14,665 across 13 hospitalsFL$14,665
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,581. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA11$16,385+535%$16,385 – $20,464
Florida FL13$14,665+468%$1,402 – $16,947
Virginia VA13$12,143+370%$554 – $29,165
Pennsylvania PA20$9,432+265%$1,768 – $15,042
Texas TX16$8,943+247%$2,350 – $16,330
Missouri MO27$7,727+199%$1,367 – $20,008
Alabama AL12$7,029+172%$2,370 – $21,858
Idaho ID11$6,200+140%$1,821 – $18,330
Wisconsin WI37$4,917+91%$3,989 – $11,327
New Jersey NJ23$4,627+79%$1,020 – $5,741
Ohio OH24$4,447+72%$1,757 – $32,206
New York NY37$4,332+68%$1,212 – $9,188
West Virginia WV17$4,060+57%$978 – $11,829
Minnesota MN29$2,566−1%$1,372 – $6,149
Arkansas AR18$2,457−5%$1,274 – $8,519
Iowa IA32$2,148−17%$1,498 – $2,250
Illinois IL30$2,067−20%$1,444 – $4,918
Washington WA19$1,925−25%$1,569 – $8,348
Oregon OR17$1,784−31%$1,569 – $2,479
California CA38$1,663−36%$1,663 – $2,616
Kansas KS19$1,450−44%$1,078 – $5,008
Indiana IN18$1,444−44%$941 – $25,084
Oklahoma OK13$1,226−52%$1,226 – $12,183
Michigan MI39$1,199−54%$885 – $4,917
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not 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 $2,581.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care474$4,020$1,308 – $16,385
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access198$2,004$1,311 – $4,917
Ownership
For-profit68$9,214$1,990 – $20,464
Government133$2,077$1,235 – $12,047
Non-profit477$2,553$1,262 – $10,513
System affiliation
Part of a system507$3,433$1,338 – $14,665
Independent172$2,058$1,212 – $6,200

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,369
Median cash price$2,581
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

337 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,675 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,164; most fall between $1,095 and $4,917.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 337 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
$508$1,226$1,675$3,369$8,123

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($508 vs $8,123).

Of the 372 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 337 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

679 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 783 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted679
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here52
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded47
Hospitals that filed this code783

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Recr 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, “Repeat abdominal hernia repair, 3–10 cm, trapped bulge (CPT 49616) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49616-repeat-abdominal-hernia-repair-310-cm-trapped-bulge