Surgery and procedures CPT 49505 Outpatient

Inguinal (groin) hernia repair, age 5 or older in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC

In Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Inguinal (groin) hernia repair, age 5 or older: from $3,079.20 to $4,030.80, with a median of $3,555.00.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 49505, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$3,079.20Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Median$3,555.00half pay less
Highest$4,030.80in this market
Difference1.3×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC.

median
Lowest $3,079.20Highest $5,239.80
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Beaufort Memorial Hospital lowest Beaufort, SC REPAIR INGUINAL HERNIA $3,079.20 $5,132.00 40%
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Beaufort Memorial Hospital Beaufort, SC INGUIN HERNIA REPAIR > 5 YO $4,030.80 $6,718.00 40%
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Beaufort Memorial Hospital both sides Beaufort, SC INGUIN HERNIA RPR >5YO BILAT $5,239.80 $8,733.00 40%
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Both sides : lowest $5,239.80, median $5,239.80, highest $5,239.80.

Outpatient: lowest $3,079.20, median $3,555.00, highest $4,030.80 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $5,239.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $3,079.20. 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.