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.
Original text from hospital filings
REPAIR ING HERNIA,<6MO,STRANG (BILAT)
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $1.4k is 64% below the median hospital's median price ($3.9k), higher than 15% of the 1,518 hospitals reporting CPT 49496. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 22 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 medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $545 | $545 | — | — | — | $545 – $545 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $556 | $556 | — | — | — | $556 – $556 |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $556 | $556 | — | — | — | $556 – $556 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $573 | $573 | — | — | — | $573 – $573 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $573 | $573 | — | — | — | $573 – $573 |
| 6 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 7 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 8 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 9 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 10 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 11 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 14 | Aetna medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 15 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 16 | Wellmark medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 17 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 19 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.9k | $6.9k | — | — | — | $6.9k – $6.9k |
| 20 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $7.2k | $7.2k | — | — | — | $7.2k – $7.2k |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $8.8k | $8.8k | — | — | — | $8.8k – $8.8k |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $8.8k | $8.8k | — | — | — | $8.8k – $8.8k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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