CMS Price Transparency Data

Inguinal hernia repair

Facility: The East Alabama Healthcare Authority

Billing Code: 49505 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$749

about 0.2× the $3,658 Medicare rate · typically $565–$2,242

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$694

About the fair price

about $55 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,658 Fair price $749 This hospital $694 Cash price $3,717 Hospital's list price $6,759

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How this hospital compares to other AL hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other AL hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $508 Priciest $3,196

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 AL hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Inguinal hernia repair is about $749 (about 0.2× the $3,658 Medicare rate). The East Alabama Healthcare Authority charges insurers about $694, or about $3,717 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Opelika, AL.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$5,407	148%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$74 - $3,904	2%
Aetnamajor	$74 - $6,759	2%
Cignamajor	$74 - $6,293	2%
Humanamajor	$74 - $6,133	2%
GEHA	$5,745	157%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$74 - $7,947

Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 3,717), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 49505.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm The East Alabama Healthcare Authority is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 49505.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

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Other Procedures at The East Alabama Healthcare Authority

Compare: Inguinal hernia repair at other AL hospitals

USA Health University Hospital · Mobile $508
USA Health Children's & Women's Hospital · Mobile $533
Tanner Medical Center-East Alabama · Wedowee $1,252
Whitfield Regional Hospital · Demopolis $3,086
Hill Hospital of Sumter County · York $3,086
J Paul Jones Hospital · Camden $3,086
Medical Center Enterprise · Enterprise $3,127
Riverview Regional Medical Center · Gadsden $3,196

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.