Anterior abdominal hernia repair with mesh at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Rpr Aa Hernia 1st > 10 Cm Ncrc8/Strangulated

Smith, AR

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Mercy Hospital Fort Smith’s median price of $824 is 80% below the median hospital's median price ($4.2k), higher than 5% of the 1,576 hospitals reporting CPT 49596. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 49596 at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 16 payers, 24 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Aetna hb ftsm ok managed medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$14	$14	—	—	—	$14 – $14
2	Humana hb ftsm ok managed medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$14	$14	—	—	—	$14 – $14
3	Medicaid hb ftsm ok medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$14	$14	—	—	—	$14 – $14
4	Medicaid hb ftsm ark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$27	$27	—	—	—	$27 – $27
5	Caresource hb ftsm caresource medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$28	$28	—	—	—	$28 – $28
6	Medicaid hb ftsm mo medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$61	$61	—	—	—	$61 – $61
7	Aetna hb ftsm managed medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$824	$824	—	—	—	$824 – $824
8	Blue Cross Blue Shield hb ftsm managed medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$824	$824	—	—	—	$824 – $824
9	First Health hb ftsm managed medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$824	$824	—	—	—	$824 – $824
10	Humana hb ftsm humana mcr facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$824	$824	—	—	—	$824 – $824
11	Medica hb ftsm managed medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$824	$824	—	—	—	$824 – $824
12	Medicare hb ftsm medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$824	$824	—	—	—	$824 – $824
13	Tricare hb ftsm tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$824	$824	—	—	—	$824 – $824
14	UnitedHealthcare hb ftsm managed medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$824	$824	—	—	—	$824 – $824
15	UnitedHealthcare hb ftsm uhc mcr 100% facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$824	$824	—	—	—	$824 – $824
16	WellCare hb ftsm novasys mcr 103% facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$849	$849	—	—	—	$849 – $849
17	Devoted hb ftsm devoted health mcr facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$858	$858	—	—	—	$858 – $858
18	Cigna hb ftsm healthspring cigna mcr 105% facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$866	$866	—	—	—	$866 – $866
19	Ambetter hb ftsm novasys ambetter exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
20	Blue Cross Blue Shield hb ftsm bcbs exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.0k	$6.0k	—	—	—	$6.0k – $6.0k
21	Anthem hb ftsm blue cross facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.5k	$6.5k	—	—	—	$6.5k – $6.5k
22	Blue Cross Blue Shield hb ftsm blue cross facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.5k	$6.5k	—	—	1–10	$6.5k – $6.5k
23	First Health hb ftsm first health_ccn facility · case rate · outpatient	$7.5k	$7.5k	—	—	—	$7.5k – $7.5k
24	MultiPlan hb ftsm,wldar,ozkar,prsar multi plan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$9.6k	$9.6k	—	—	1–10	$9.6k – $9.6k

Last updated: Jun 8, 2026

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