Inguinal (groin) hernia repair, age 5 or older in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Inguinal (groin) hernia repair, age 5 or older: from $395.10 to $14,053.82, with a median of $527.58. The lowest listed price is at IOM Health System LP.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 49505, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IOM Health System LP lowest Fort Wayne, IN 49505,80 PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC >5 YR | $395.10 | $1,317.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 49505,LT PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $468.96 | $1,954.00 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 49505 PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $468.96 | $1,954.00 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 49505,RT PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $468.96 | $1,954.00 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN 49505,RT PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $527.58 | $1,954.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 49505,LT PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $527.58 | $1,954.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN 49505 PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $527.58 | $1,954.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 49505 PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $527.58 | $1,954.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 49505,RT PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $527.58 | $1,954.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN 49505,LT PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $527.58 | $1,954.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 49505,LT PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $586.20 | $1,954.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 49505 PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $586.20 | $1,954.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 49505,RT PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $586.20 | $1,954.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 49505 50 PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $703.44 | $2,931.00 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 49505 50 PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $791.37 | $2,931.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN 49505 50 PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $791.37 | $2,931.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 49505 50 PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC>5 YR | $879.30 | $2,931.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN REPAIR INGUINAL HERNIA | $13,859.90 | $51,332.96 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN REPAIR INGUINAL HERNIA | $14,053.82 | $46,846.08 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $395.10, median $527.58, highest $14,053.82 — a 35.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $879.30. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
This is open surgery to repair an inguinal (groin) hernia for the first time in someone age 5 or older, when the hernia can be pushed back in (reducible). The surgeon returns the tissue to its place and strengthens the wall, usually with mesh.
What the price covers
The facility price covers the operating room and recovery; mesh may be included or listed as a separate supply. The surgeon's fee and anesthesia are billed separately.
7 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 49505 ($3,665.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN49505,AS PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC >5 YR | $158.16 | file |
| Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN49505,80 PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC >5 YR | $158.16 | file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN49505,AS PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC >5 YR | $177.93 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN49505,80 PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC >5 YR | $177.93 | file |
| Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN49505,80 PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC >5 YR | $177.93 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN49505,AS PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC >5 YR | $177.93 | file |
| IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN49505,AS PRP I/HERN INIT REDUC >5 YR | $197.70 | file |