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Surgery and procedures CPT 49651 Minnesota Outpatient

Laparoscopic repair, recurrent groin hernia cost in Minnesota

In Minnesota, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for laparoscopic inguinal (groin) hernia repair, recurrent hernia: from $745.24 to $12,025.38, with a median of $2,613.91. The lowest price is at Lakewood Health System (Staples). The highest price is 16.1× the lowest.

  • The median here, $2,613.91, is 69% below the US median of $8,468.88.
  • Minnesota ranks 3rd of 35 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. §144.589): a hospital may not charge an uninsured patient whose household income is under $125,000 more than the lowest amount it would be paid for the same service by a private insurer, counting the insured patient's share. If the cash price below is higher, ask the billing office to apply this limit. Each hospital's page here shows the range of insurer rates in its own file (the "Insurers pay" column), a starting point when you ask. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 49651. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 25, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$745.24Lakewood Health System
Median$2,613.91half of hospitals charge less
Highest$12,025.38in Minnesota
Lowest saves$1,868.67vs the median

Hospitals in Minnesota, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Lakewood Health System lowest Staples · Staples, MN Repair of recurrent groin hernia using an endoscope $745.24 $1,202.00 Sep 11, 2026
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Perham Health Perham · Fergus Falls, MN Repair of recurrent groin hernia using an endoscope $1,175.20 $1,808.00 Feb 1, 2026
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Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet · Duluth, MN-WI GS LPRSCPY RPR RCURRNT ING HER $1,300.16 $2,031.50 Apr 1, 2026
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Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital Ely · Duluth, MN-WI Repair of recurrent groin hernia using an endoscope $1,333.26 $1,646.00 Sep 1, 2026
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Mille Lacs Health System Onamia · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI LAP ING HERNIA REPAI $1,414.00 $2,020.00 Aug 13, 2026
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Glacial Ridge Hospital Glenwood · Glenwood, MN Repair of recurrent groin hernia using an endoscope $3,813.82 $4,540.26 Oct 21, 2026
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Methodist Hospital St. Louis Park · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Laparscpy Surg; Rep Recur Ing Hern $4,345.38 $16,713.00 Mar 31, 2026
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M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center Minneapolis · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC LAP,INGUINAL HERNIA REPR,RECUR $8,848.37 $22,065.75 Feb 6, 2026
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Maple Grove Hospital Maple Grove · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Laps Surg Rpr Recurrent Inguinal Hernia $10,724.03 $20,349.21 Sep 25, 2026
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North Memorial Health Care Robbinsdale · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Laps Surg Rpr Recurrent Inguinal Hernia $12,025.38 $22,818.55 Sep 25, 2026
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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 areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 5 $1,414.00 $8,848.37
Duluth, MN-WI 2 $1,300.16 $1,316.71
Fergus Falls, MN 1 $1,175.20 $1,175.20
Glenwood, MN 1 $3,813.82 $3,813.82
Staples, MN 1 $745.24 $745.24
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 laparoscopic repair, recurrent groin hernia is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Laparoscopic repair, recurrent groin hernia explained.

Laparoscopic inguinal (groin) hernia repair, recurrent hernia in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.