SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Inguinal (groin) hernia repair, age 5 or older in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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 Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Paradise Valley Hospital NATIONAL CITY, CA
Prp i/hern init reduc >5 yr
$4,582.00 $19,631.30 77% Sep 1, 2026
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO - CLAIREMONT MESA SAN DIEGO, CA
RPR 1ST INGUN HRNA AGE 5 YRS/> REDUCIBLE
$7,389.20 $14,210.00 48%
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO - ZION SAN DIEGO, CA
RPR 1ST INGUN HRNA AGE 5 YRS/> REDUCIBLE
$7,389.20 $14,210.00 48%
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS SAN MARCOS, CA
RPR 1ST INGUN HRNA AGE 5 YRS/> REDUCIBLE
$7,389.20 $14,210.00 48%
file

Outpatient: lowest $4,582.00, median $7,389.20, highest $7,389.20 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $7,389.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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