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Procedure price report · Other hernia repair

Repeat abdominal hernia repair, over 10 cm, trapped bulge

CPT 49618the billing code this page is about

Surgery to close a returning hernia of the front abdominal wall larger than 10 centimeters across, where the bulging tissue is stuck or its blood supply is pinched.

Hospitals typically charge $3,045 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 530 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,912. Most fall between $1,676 and $10,089 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
530
States
48
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 530 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
$1,273$1,829$3,045$7,449$18,914

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,273 vs $18,914).

How the prices are spread

$800 – $1,173: 19 hospitals$800$1,173 – $1,721: 64 hospitals$1,721 – $2,525: 119 hospitals$1,721$2,525 – $3,704: 80 hospitals$3,704 – $5,434: 39 hospitals$3,704$5,434 – $7,971: 57 hospitals$7,971 – $11,694: 39 hospitals$7,971$11,694 – $17,154: 29 hospitals$17,154 – $25,164: 19 hospitals$17,154$25,164 – $36,915: 15 hospitals$25,164median $3,045price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (480 of 530 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$800$1,17319
$1,173$1,72164
$1,721$2,525119
$2,525$3,70480
$3,704$5,43439
$5,434$7,97157
$7,971$11,69439
$11,694$17,15429
$17,154$25,16419
$25,164$36,91515

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,045.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,401 across 17 hospitalsWA$2,401Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $6,926 across 21 hospitalsMN$6,926Illinois: median $3,105 across 25 hospitalsIL$3,105Wisconsin: median $7,149 across 34 hospitalsWI$7,149Michigan: median $1,732 across 31 hospitalsMI$1,732New York: median $2,052 across 23 hospitalsNY$2,052Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,275 across 12 hospitalsOR$2,275Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,105 across 28 hospitalsIA$3,105Indiana: median $2,000 across 13 hospitalsIN$2,000Ohio: median $5,894 across 18 hospitalsOH$5,894Pennsylvania: median $1,823 across 26 hospitalsPA$1,823New Jersey: median $5,741 across 21 hospitalsNJ$5,741Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,402 across 33 hospitalsCA$2,402Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,975 across 14 hospitalsMO$1,975Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,412 across 12 hospitalsWV$1,412Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,093 across 12 hospitalsKS$2,093Arkansas: median $2,788 across 13 hospitalsAR$2,788Tennessee: 2 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,770 across 11 hospitalsOK$1,770Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,423 across 10 hospitalsAL$3,423Georgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,713 across 14 hospitalsTX$6,713Florida: median $13,092 across 13 hospitalsFL$13,092
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,045. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL13$13,092+330%$1,827 – $25,537
Wisconsin WI34$7,149+135%$7,149 – $13,255
Minnesota MN21$6,926+127%$1,982 – $9,097
Texas TX14$6,713+120%$2,182 – $25,223
Ohio OH18$5,894+94%$2,536 – $58,362
New Jersey NJ21$5,741+89%$4,627 – $9,263
Alabama AL10$3,423+12%$1,676 – $21,951
Iowa IA28$3,105+2%$1,798 – $3,105
Illinois IL25$3,105+2%$2,000 – $15,387
Arkansas AR13$2,788−8%$1,628 – $7,719
California CA33$2,402−21%$2,402 – $2,979
Washington WA17$2,401−21%$1,311 – $3,045
Oregon OR12$2,275−25%$2,275 – $3,593
Kansas KS12$2,093−31%$874 – $5,944
New York NY23$2,052−33%$1,150 – $3,710
Indiana IN13$2,000−34%$1,500 – $5,334
Missouri MO14$1,975−35%$1,668 – $17,488
Pennsylvania PA26$1,823−40%$770 – $11,412
Oklahoma OK11$1,770−42%$1,770 – $1,770
Michigan MI31$1,732−43%$1,277 – $2,605
West Virginia WV12$1,412−54%$1,360 – $6,189
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $3,045.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care370$3,113$1,733 – $12,838
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access153$2,730$1,568 – $7,149
Ownership
For-profit45$7,348$2,000 – $25,537
Government110$2,979$1,427 – $5,966
Non-profit374$2,854$1,639 – $9,263
System affiliation
Part of a system402$3,105$1,732 – $11,249
Independent128$2,860$1,622 – $5,966

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,262
Median cash price$3,045
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

281 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,402 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,670; most fall between $1,586 and $6,243.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 281 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
$866$1,750$2,402$3,812$9,097

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($866 vs $9,097).

Of the 310 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 281 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

530 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 601 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted530
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here41
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 — excluded28
Hospitals that filed this code601

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 > 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, over 10 cm, trapped bulge (CPT 49618) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49618-repeat-abdominal-hernia-repair-over-10-cm-trapped-bulge