How much does inguinal hernia repair (open) cost in California?
CPT 49505 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
49505 Inguinal hernia repair (open)
Ask to pay
$3,909
This is the local cash / self-pay price — usually the best rate you can ask for.
Typical
$5,348
Medicare $3,529
Ask $3,909
$43 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $30,439
What Medicare paysⓘ
$3,529
Typical price near you
$5,348
Cash / self-pay price
$3,909
Prices near you — 87 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $43cash | 0.0× | — |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $294cash | 0.1× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $359negotiated | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $506cash | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $506cash | 0.1× | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $506cash | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $506cash | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $516negotiated | 0.1× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $516negotiated | 0.1× | — |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $617negotiated | 0.2× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $629negotiated | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $1,142cash | 0.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $1,561cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $1,721cash | 0.5× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $1,767cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $1,955cash | 0.6× | — |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $2,145cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $2,153cash | 0.6× | — |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $2,166cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $2,240cash | 0.6× | — |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $2,280cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $2,827negotiated | 0.8× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $3,134negotiated | 0.9× | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $3,332cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $3,909cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $3,909cash | 1.1× | — |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $3,909cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $3,909cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $4,385cash | 1.2× | — |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $4,484negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $4,484negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $4,484negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $4,484negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $4,484negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $4,484negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $4,484negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $4,484negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $4,582cash | 1.3× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $4,605negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $4,638negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $4,707negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $4,932negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $5,007negotiated | 1.4× | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $5,091negotiated | 1.4× | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $5,175negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $5,229negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $5,466negotiated | 1.5× | — |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $5,527negotiated | 1.6× | — |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $5,810negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $6,199negotiated | 1.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $6,652cash | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $6,677negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $6,677negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $6,677negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $6,677negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $6,677negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) | Hospital | $7,098negotiated | 2.0× | — |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $7,113negotiated | 2.0× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $7,389cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $7,389cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $7,389cash | 2.1× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $7,671cash | 2.2× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $7,722negotiated | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $7,973cash | 2.3× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $8,013negotiated | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $8,125negotiated | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $8,841negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $8,841negotiated | 2.5× | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $9,294negotiated | 2.6× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $9,294negotiated | 2.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $9,294negotiated | 2.6× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $9,385cash | 2.7× | — |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $9,468negotiated | 2.7× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $9,468negotiated | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $9,658negotiated | 2.7× | — |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $9,665negotiated | 2.7× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $10,374negotiated | 2.9× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $10,475negotiated | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $11,643negotiated | 3.3× | ★★★★★ |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $14,219negotiated | 4.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $15,803negotiated | 4.5× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) gross charge | Hospital | $18,726cash | 5.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) gross charge | Hospital | $18,726cash | 5.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) gross charge | Hospital | $18,726cash | 5.3× | — |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) gross charge | Hospital | $21,732cash | 6.2× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) gross charge | Hospital | $24,900cash | 7.1× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) gross charge | Hospital | $30,439cash | 8.6× | — |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 17 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 49505 (Inguinal hernia repair (open)), Medicare's benchmark rate is $3,529.06. A fair self-pay target for this line is $3,909.17. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 49505 is $3,909.17, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $2,827.00–$8,124.91. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 49505 cost in California?
For inguinal hernia repair (open) (CPT 49505) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $5,348, with hospitals ranging from $2,827 to $8,125 across 87 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $3,529, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does inguinal hernia repair (open) cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for inguinal hernia repair (open) (CPT 49505) in California is around $5,348, with hospital prices ranging from $2,827 to $8,125 across 87 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 49505?
Medicare pays about $3,529 for inguinal hernia repair (open) (CPT 49505). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of inguinal hernia repair (open)?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.