CMS Price Transparency Data

Inguinal hernia repair

Facility: Artesia General Hospital

Billing Code: 49505 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$3,968

about 1.1× the $3,658 Medicare rate · typically $3,350–$4,717

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,658 Fair price $3,968 Cash price $652 Hospital's list price $1,087

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.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Cigna✓ Humana AetnaKaiser 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	$1,011 - $3,420	28%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$652 - $3,420	18%
Cignamajor	$924 - $978	25%
Humanamajor	$3,420 - $3,762	93%
GEHA	$761 - $3,420	21%
Molina	$2,613 - $5,745	71%
Presbyterian	$2,613 - $3,420	71%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$761 - $6,839

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 5 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 652), 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 Artesia 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.

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 Artesia General Hospital

Compare: Inguinal hernia repair at other NM hospitals

Gila Regional Medical Center · Silver City $1,139
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center · Roswell $3,662
Mountain View Regional Medical Center · Las Cruces $3,662
Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center · Santa Fe $3,724
Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital · Hobbs $3,729
Dr Dan C Trigg Memorial Hospital · Tucumcari $4,096
Carlsbad Medical Center · Carlsbad $4,334
Presbyterian Hospital · Albuquerque $5,589

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