CPT 49616 · 865 hospitals reporting

Repair of anterior abdominal hernia(s) (ie; epigastric; incisional; ventral; umbilical; spigelian);

The same procedure costs $168 at one hospital and $54,188 at another — a 323× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,284.

Cheapest published

$168

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 865 hospitals

$2,284

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$54,188

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

209 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,538	$2,284	—	—	0 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$2,239	$2,239	—	—	5 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,336	$2,336	—	—	5 insurers
PAMPA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$12,373	$2,350	$655	$9,898	4 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	1 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	1 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	1 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	1 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	1 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	2 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	3 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	1 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	3 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,685	$2,148	—	—	5 insurers
CHICOT MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$2,112	$2,112	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER HEBER SPRINGS	AR	$9,829	$2,457	—	—	3 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$4,054	$2,473	—	—	0 insurers
CONEMAUGH MINERS MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$6,245	$2,498	—	—	1 insurers
CODY REGIONAL HEALTH	WY	$2,408	$2,047	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$3,242	$2,033	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$3,242	$2,033	—	—	4 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$2,239	$2,015	$2,127	$2,194	0 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$2,672	$2,004	—	—	5 insurers
TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	VA	$6,422	$2,569	—	—	3 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$2,570	$2,570	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$4,301	$2,581	$2,366	$10,356	5 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,609	$2,609	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$2,367	$1,894	—	—	4 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,703	$2,703	—	—	5 insurers
RANGE REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$4,382	$1,862	—	—	2 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$2,258	$1,806	—	—	5 insurers
GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,800	$1,800	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,590	$1,795	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$2,809	$2,809	—	—	1 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$5,155	$2,820	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$1,985	$1,687	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$1,985	$1,687	—	—	5 insurers