Surgery and procedures CPT 49505 Outpatient

Inguinal (groin) hernia repair, age 5 or older in Joplin, MO-KS

In Joplin, MO-KS, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Inguinal (groin) hernia repair, age 5 or older: from $8,739.17 to $11,850.73, with a median of $10,294.95. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Carthage.

Cash prices at 2 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 — and —.

Lowest$8,739.17Mercy Hospital Carthage
Median$10,294.95half pay less
Highest$11,850.73in this market
Difference1.4×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 Joplin, MO-KS.

median
Lowest $2,169.05Highest $11,850.73
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Carthage lowest Carthage, MO Rx Ing Hernia,5+Y/O,Reducibl Pf $8,739.17 $13,444.87 35%
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Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin, MO Rx Ing Hernia,5+Y/O,Reducibl Pf $11,850.73 $18,231.89 35%
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Mercy Hospital Carthage both sides Carthage, MO Rx Ing Hernia,5+Y/O,Reducibl Bilat Pf $2,169.05 $3,337.00 35%
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Both sides : lowest $2,169.05, median $2,169.05, highest $2,169.05.

Outpatient: lowest $8,739.17, median $10,294.95, highest $11,850.73 — a 1.4× 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.

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.