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 INITIAL INGUINAL HERNIA, AGE 5 YEARS OR OLDER; REDUCIBLE
Boone, NC
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Watauga Medical Center, Inc’s median price of $3.3k is 14% below the median hospital's median price ($3.9k), higher than 30% of the 2,158 hospitals reporting CPT 49505. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 6 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,203 | $3,203 | $3,203 – $3,203 |
| 2 | Humana medicare hmo/medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,302 | $3,302 | $3,302 – $3,302 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,302 | $3,302 | $3,302 – $3,302 |
| 4 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,302 | $3,302 | $3,302 – $3,302 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,467 | $3,467 | $3,467 – $3,467 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 – $3,500 |
Last updated: Jun 3, 2026
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