Real prices from our database
Not an estimate. These figures come from actual hospital-disclosed cash prices for CPT 49505 (Inguinal hernia repair) in FairVisitHealth's price-transparency corpus.
Median posted cash price
$3,444
Most fall between $1,505 and $5,300 (25th to 75th percentile)
Median of 328 hospital-posted cash prices. Each posted price counts once, so hospitals that post more prices carry more weight.
Surgeon/facility component. Anesthesia may be billed separately.
Source: FairVisitHealth analysis of 328 hospital-disclosed cash prices for CPT 49505, from CMS hospital price-transparency machine-readable files. Data as of October 2026. Smaller sample, so treat as indicative.
Hernia Repair Cost by City
Local self-pay prices for hernia repair in 31 cities, from providers in each metro area.