CMS Price Transparency Data

Inguinal hernia repair

Facility: Cheshire Medical Center

Billing Code: 49505 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$2,333

about 0.6× the $3,658 Medicare rate · typically $1,667–$2,961

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$2,086

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $247 under the fair price · 0.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $3,658 Fair price $2,333 This hospital $2,086 Cash price $1,872 Hospital's list price $6,781

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How this hospital compares to other NH hospitals

A typical price — 5 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 NH hospitals compared.

Cheapest $593 Priciest $6,290

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

A fair price for a Inguinal hernia repair is about $2,333 (about 0.6× the $3,658 Medicare rate). Cheshire Medical Center charges insurers about $2,086, or about $1,872 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Keene, NH.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$439 - $5,557	12%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$439 - $11,968	12%
Aetnamajor	$283 - $4,638	8%
Cignamajor	$439 - $6,627	12%
Ambetter (Centene)	$439 - $3,278	12%
AmeriHealth	$459 - $830	13%
Harvard Pilgrim	$1,444 - $7,159	39%
MVP Health Care	$439 - $6,627	12%
Tufts Health Plan	$1,602 - $4,328	44%
WellCare	$439 - $3,687	12%
WellSense	$439 - $3,946	12%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$439 - $6,781

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 1,872), 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 Cheshire 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

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

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Other Procedures at Cheshire Medical Center

Compare: Inguinal hernia repair at other NH hospitals

New London Hospital · New London $593
Weeks Medical Center · Lancaster $622
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital · Lebanon $1,704
Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network · Salem $3,126
Frisbie Memorial Hospital · Rochester $3,851
Elliot Hospital · Manchester $4,597
Catholic Medical Center · Manchester $4,936
Portsmouth Regional Hospital · Portsmouth $6,290

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