CMS Price Transparency Data

Inguinal hernia repair

Facility: Tampa General Hospital

Billing Code: 49505 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$3,928

about 1.1× the $3,658 Medicare rate · typically $2,957–$5,576

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$3,963

About the fair price

about $35 over the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,658 Fair price $3,928 This hospital $3,963 Cash price $12,195 Hospital's list price $34,844

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

Highest price of the 9 FL hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $375 Priciest $3,963

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL 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 $3,928 (about 1.1× the $3,658 Medicare rate). Tampa General Hospital charges insurers about $3,963, or about $12,195 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Tampa, FL.

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✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$4,698 - $6,490	128%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$3,800	104%
Aetnamajor	$3,776	103%
Cignamajor	$3,036 - $4,001	83%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$4,113	112%
AvMed	$1,874 - $2,277	51%
Devoted Health	$4,188	114%
Molina	$5,608	153%
Oscar Health	$7,478	204%
Simply Healthcare	$3,963 - $6,281	108%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$3,739 - $7,104

Excludes 2 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 12,195), 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 Tampa General Hospital 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.

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