Surgery and procedures CPT 49651 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Laparoscopic repair, recurrent groin hernia cost in Woodruff, WI — inpatient

In Woodruff, WI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for laparoscopic inguinal (groin) hernia repair, recurrent hernia as an inpatient: from $2,926.95 to $2,926.95, with a median of $2,926.95. Across Wisconsin, the median is $2,926.95 at 26 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 49651, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$2,926.95Howard Young Medical Center
Median$2,926.95half pay less
Highest$2,926.95in 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 Woodruff, WI.

median
Lowest $2,926.95Highest $4,390.42
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Howard Young Medical Center lowest Woodruff, WI · (715) 356-8000 LAPS SURG RRECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIA $2,926.95 $4,503.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Howard Young Medical Center lowest Woodruff, WI · (715) 356-8000 Pro Laparo Hernia Repair Recur $2,926.95 $4,503.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Howard Young Medical Center both sides Woodruff, WI · (715) 356-8000 Pro Laparo Hernia Repair Recur|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $4,390.42 $6,754.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $2,926.95, median $2,926.95, highest $2,926.95.

Both sides : lowest $4,390.42, median $4,390.42, highest $4,390.42.

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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,926.95 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.