Umbilical/ventral hernia repair, 3 to 10 cm cost in North Carolina
In North Carolina, 18 hospitals publish a cash price for first repair of a front abdominal hernia (such as umbilical) 3 to 10 cm: from $2,347.20 to $22,900.80, with a median of $4,688.00. The lowest price is at Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital (Elizabethtown). The highest price is 9.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $4,688.00, is 37% below the US median of $7,383.87.
- North Carolina ranks 5th of 36 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 49593. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$2,347.20Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital
Median$4,688.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$22,900.80in North Carolina
Lowest saves$2,340.80vs the median
Hospitals in North Carolina, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital lowest Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NC REPAIR OF ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL HERNIA(S) (IE; EPIGASTRIC; INCISIONAL; VENTRAL; UMBILICAL; SPIGELIAN); ANY APPROACH (IE; OPEN; LAPAROSCOPIC; ROBOTIC); INITIAL; INCLUDING IMPLANTATION OF MESH OR OTHER PROSTHESIS WHEN PERFORMED; TOTAL LENGTH OF DEFECT(S); 3 CM TO 10 CM; REDUCIBLE | $2,347.20 | $3,912.00 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville · Fayetteville, NC REPAIR OF ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL HERNIA(S) (IE; EPIGASTRIC; INCISIONAL; VENTRAL; UMBILICAL; SPIGELIAN); ANY APPROACH (IE; OPEN; LAPAROSCOPIC; ROBOTIC); INITIAL; INCLUDING IMPLANTATION OF MESH OR OTHER PROSTHESIS WHEN PERFORMED; TOTAL LENGTH OF DEFECT(S); 3 CM TO 10 CM; REDUCIBLE | $2,989.80 | $4,983.00 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC ER RPR ABD HERNIA 3 - 10 CM REDUCIBLE | $4,688.00 | $9,376.00 | Oct 28, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby · Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC HC ER RPR ABD HERNIA 3 - 10 CM REDUCIBLE | $4,688.00 | $9,376.00 | Oct 28, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC ER RPR ABD HERNIA 3 - 10 CM REDUCIBLE | $4,688.00 | $9,376.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Mercy, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC ER RPR ABD HERNIA 3 - 10 CM REDUCIBLE | $4,688.00 | $9,376.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC ER RPR ABD HERNIA 3 - 10 CM REDUCIBLE | $4,688.00 | $9,376.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Union Monroe · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC ER RPR ABD HERNIA 3 - 10 CM REDUCIBLE | $4,688.00 | $9,376.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health University City Charlotte · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC ER RPR ABD HERNIA 3 - 10 CM REDUCIBLE | $4,688.00 | $9,376.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC ER RPR ABD HERNIA 3 - 10 CM REDUCIBLE | $4,688.00 | $9,376.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC ER RPR ABD HERNIA 3 - 10 CM REDUCIBLE | $4,688.00 | $9,376.00 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Stanly Regional Medical Center Albermarle · Albemarle, NC HC ER RPR ABD HERNIA 3 - 10 CM REDUCIBLE | $4,688.00 | $9,376.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Betsy Johnson Hospital Dunn · Anderson Creek, NC REPAIR OF ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL HERNIA(S) (IE; EPIGASTRIC; INCISIONAL; VENTRAL; UMBILICAL; SPIGELIAN); ANY APPROACH (IE; OPEN; LAPAROSCOPIC; ROBOTIC); INITIAL; INCLUDING IMPLANTATION OF MESH OR OTHER PROSTHESIS WHEN PERFORMED; TOTAL LENGTH OF DEFECT(S); 3 CM TO 10 CM; REDUCIBLE | $8,764.20 | $14,607.00 | Apr 7, 2026 source file |
| Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital Fayetteville · Fayetteville, NC REPAIR OF ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL HERNIA(S) (IE; EPIGASTRIC; INCISIONAL; VENTRAL; UMBILICAL; SPIGELIAN); ANY APPROACH (IE; OPEN; LAPAROSCOPIC; ROBOTIC); INITIAL; INCLUDING IMPLANTATION OF MESH OR OTHER PROSTHESIS WHEN PERFORMED; TOTAL LENGTH OF DEFECT(S); 3 CM TO 10 CM; REDUCIBLE | $9,302.40 | $15,504.00 | Mar 22, 2026 source file |
| Rutherford Regional Medical Center Rutherfordton · Forest City, NC Repair of anterior abdominal hernia(s) (ie, epigastric, incisional, ventral, umbilical, spigelian), any approach (ie, open, laparoscopic, robotic), initial, including implantation of mesh or other prosthesis when performed, total length of defect(s); 3 cm to 10 cm, reducible | $12,192.21 | $30,480.52 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Harris Regional Hospital Sylva · Sylva, NC Repair of anterior abdominal hernia(s) (ie, epigastric, incisional, ventral, umbilical, spigelian), any approach (ie, open, laparoscopic, robotic), initial, including implantation of mesh or other prosthesis when performed, total length of defect(s); 3 cm to 10 cm, reducible | $14,945.78 | $37,364.44 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Person Memorial Hospital Roxboro · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Repair of anterior abdominal hernia(s) (ie, epigastric, incisional, ventral, umbilical, spigelian), any approach (ie, open, laparoscopic, robotic), initial, including implantation of mesh or other prosthesis when performed, total length of defect(s); 3 cm to 10 cm, reducible | $19,680.03 | $49,200.07 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Wilson Medical Center Wilson · Wilson, NC Repair of anterior abdominal hernia(s) (ie, epigastric, incisional, ventral, umbilical, spigelian), any approach (ie, open, laparoscopic, robotic), initial, including implantation of mesh or other prosthesis when performed, total length of defect(s); 3 cm to 10 cm, reducible | $22,900.80 | $57,252.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 8 | $4,688.00 | $4,688.00 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 2 | $2,989.80 | $6,146.10 |
| Albemarle, NC | 1 | $4,688.00 | $4,688.00 |
| Anderson Creek, NC | 1 | $8,764.20 | $8,764.20 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 1 | $19,680.03 | $19,680.03 |
| Elizabethtown, NC | 1 | $2,347.20 | $2,347.20 |
| Forest City, NC | 1 | $12,192.21 | $12,192.21 |
| Sylva, NC | 1 | $14,945.78 | $14,945.78 |
| Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 1 | $4,688.00 | $4,688.00 |
| Wilson, NC | 1 | $22,900.80 | $22,900.80 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What umbilical/ventral hernia repair, 3 to 10 cm is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Umbilical/ventral hernia repair, 3 to 10 cm explained.
First repair of a front abdominal hernia (such as umbilical) 3 to 10 cm in other states
- Alabama$13,114.66
- Alaska$6,554.05, 4 hospitals
- Arizona$16,361.06
- Arkansas$4,495.32
- California$7,481.60
- Colorado$7,367.08
- Connecticut$3,275.00, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$8,395.45, 1 hospital
- Florida$15,132.35
- Georgia$8,241.00
- Hawaii$15,557.50, 4 hospitals
- Idaho$11,808.64
- Illinois$11,656.25
- Indiana$18,725.82
- Iowa$5,596.00
- Kansas$5,342.40
- Kentucky$9,015.22
- Louisiana$5,889.28
- Maine$1,476.19, 2 hospitals
- Maryland$7,567.33, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$8,070.50, 4 hospitals
- Michigan$8,591.32
- Minnesota$1,739.14
- Mississippi$5,114.34
- Missouri$4,766.00
- Montana$882.36
- Nebraska$6,243.20
- Nevada$7,041.00, 3 hospitals
- New Hampshire$4,492.75, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$6,819.30
- New Mexico$7,788.77
- New York$7,383.87
- North Dakota$4,716.52
- Ohio$25,238.99
- Oklahoma$4,715.00
- Oregon$3,164.43
- Pennsylvania$10,921.47
- Puerto Rico$500.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$7,973.92, 2 hospitals
- South Carolina$26,489.97
- South Dakota$6,003.82, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$5,812.91
- Texas$9,032.00
- Utah$8,370.00, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$3,965.93, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$15,200.45
- Washington$11,638.04
- West Virginia$8,365.50
- Wisconsin$6,402.09
- Wyoming$2,900.73, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.