CMS Price Transparency Data

Inguinal hernia repair

Facility: Community Medical Center

Billing Code: 49505 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$4,289

about 1.2× the $3,658 Medicare rate · typically $3,538–$6,613

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,658 Fair price $4,289 Cash price $6,882 Hospital's list price $11,470

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare Blue Cross Blue ShieldAetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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	$16,123	441%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$5,670

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 6,882), 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 Community Medical Center 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 Community Medical Center

Compare: Inguinal hernia repair at other MT hospitals

Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital · Glasgow $760
Central Montana Medical Center · Lewistown $821
Livingston Healthcare · Livingston $832
Barrett Hospital & Healthcare · Dillon $840
Sidney Health Center · Sidney $851
St Peters Health · Helena $3,620
St James Hospital · Butte $3,635
St. Patrick Hospital · Missoula $3,768

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