Surgery and procedures CPT 49651 Outpatient

Laparoscopic repair, recurrent groin hernia cost in Duluth, MN

In Duluth, MN-WI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for laparoscopic inguinal (groin) hernia repair, recurrent hernia: from $2,449.63 to $2,449.63, with a median of $2,449.63. Across Minnesota, the median is $3,077.80 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 49651, 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.

Lowest$2,449.63Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital
Median$2,449.63half pay less
Highest$2,449.63in this market
Difference1.0×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 Duluth, MN-WI.

median
Lowest $2,449.63Highest $3,674.45
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital lowest Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 LAPS SURG RRECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIA $2,449.63 $4,503.00 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital lowest Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Pro Laparo Hernia Repair Recur $2,449.63 $4,503.00 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital both sides Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Pro Laparo Hernia Repair Recur|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $3,674.45 $6,754.50 — 46% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $2,449.63, median $2,449.63, highest $2,449.63.

Both sides : lowest $3,674.45, median $3,674.45, highest $3,674.45.

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 $2,449.63. 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 code covers laparoscopic repair of a groin hernia that has come back after an earlier repair.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.