Public tariffs, separately identified private published prices and public waiting times for unilateral inguinal hernia repair, drawn from government schedules, hospital price publications and waiting-time registries (cutoff: 2026-10-19).
What a complete procedure typically includes
Our reference definition covers: surgeon, anaesthesia, mesh when indicated, facility. It excludes: bilateral repair, recurrent hernia, complications. Note: Government tariff codes below follow each country’s own billing rules and may exclude implants, doctor fees, or follow-up care—check each country card for what is included.
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Public tariffs are not private cash prices: Public-tariff rows show what a government health system (such as the UK NHS, US Medicare, or French public insurance) pays a hospital or doctor—not what you pay out of pocket as a private patient.
Published private packages are separate from public tariffs: Private packages carry their hospital name and published scope. Check whether the price is partial or hospital-wide: Some schedules publish a single hospital payment, while others (like US Medicare) split the doctor’s fee and the hospital facility fee into separate rows. We never add separate fees together.
Two different ways countries measure waiting times: Some countries report how long people currently on the waiting list have been waiting so far (e.g., Spain), while others report the total wait for patients who already had their procedure (e.g., Poland, Denmark).
Official benchmarks with unverified episode equivalence do not establish the cost of the complete procedure. Historical periods do not describe current appointment availability.
103 days (~3.4 months)Average time spent on the public waiting list so far (patients currently waiting)National average time that patients still waiting for surgery had spent on the public list as of 2025-12-31.Period: 2025-12-31Historical data (2025-12-31) — not current waitSource: Spain Ministry of Health (SISLE)
Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution
mean; waiting patients · procedure · source period 2025-12-31
What the public health system pays (official tariff)
$2,039.53 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (1,821.82 EUR)What French public insurance pays the public hospital (GHS base tariff)Official government source (L2)Public hospital stay base rate (excludes separately billed implants and geographic adjustments) · Schedule: 2026Source: France ATIH (Public Hospital Tariffs)
PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME
— Not yet in our official snapshot for France
Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution
public_tariff · GHS public-sector base tariff from 2026 schedule; source DATE-EFFET retained separately · code 06C12J · source period 2026
— Not yet in our official snapshot for United Kingdom
PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME
12.78 weeksTypical (median) time on the public waiting list (patients currently waiting)General Surgery Service (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)Half of patients still on the public waiting list as of 2026-08 had been waiting less than this.Period: 2026-08 · EnglandSource: NHS England (Referral to Treatment)
41.19 weeksLong-wait benchmark: 92% of waiting-list patients have waited less than (92nd percentile, currently waiting)General Surgery Service (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)92% of patients still on the public list as of 2026-08 had waited this long or less.Period: 2026-08 · EnglandSource: NHS England (Referral to Treatment)
Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution
median; waiting patients · General Surgery Service · source period 2026-08
p92; waiting patients · General Surgery Service · source period 2026-08
What the public health system pays (official tariff)
$245.91 USD median (typical range p25–p75: 228.05–254.32 USD across 6 observations) (23,400 INR median)What India’s PM-JAY public insurance pays the hospitalOfficial government source (L2)Public hospital package rate across 3 city tiers — excludes separately priced implants and state top-ups · Schedule: 20222 tariff codes at the same published value; separate code breakdown in the complete table.Source: India National Health Authority (PM-JAY)
PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME
— Not yet in our official snapshot for India
Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution
public_tariff · HBP 2022 city-tier procedure tariff; separately mapped implants are excluded; state amendments/accreditation incentives not applied · code SG050A · source period 2022
public_tariff · HBP 2022 city-tier procedure tariff; separately mapped implants are excluded; state amendments/accreditation incentives not applied · code SG050B · source period 2022
What the public health system pays (official tariff)
$3,657.95 USD (single published tariff, n=1)What US Medicare pays the hospital (outpatient facility only)Official government source (L2)Hospital outpatient facility fee only — excludes the surgeon’s professional fee · Schedule: 2026-10Source: US Medicare (CMS OPPS)
$6,176.47 USD (single published tariff, n=1)What US Medicare pays the hospital (outpatient facility only)Official government source (L2)Hospital outpatient facility fee only — excludes the surgeon’s professional fee · Schedule: 2026-10Source: US Medicare (CMS OPPS)
Countries in the index without official data for unilateral inguinal hernia repair yet: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Thailand, Türkiye.
Public payment tariffs · France · GHS public-sector base tariff from 2026 schedule; source DATE-EFFET retained separately · 2026 · EUR
Each row is a separate published payment series, not a clinical ranking or a complete procedure quote. Solid teal bars indicate public hospital/episode tariffs; dashed amber bars indicate public doctor-only professional fees; purple bars indicate private published prices.View price charts in original national currencies (EUR)
Each row retains its own payment scope and source period.
Public payment tariffs · United States · PFS professional fee in facility; non-QP; excludes hospital, anaesthesia and implant · 2026-01 · USD
Each row is a separate published payment series, not a clinical ranking or a complete procedure quote. Solid teal bars indicate public hospital/episode tariffs; dashed amber bars indicate public doctor-only professional fees; purple bars indicate private published prices.
median · waiting · specialty · 2026-08 · as_reported · no definition/provisional flag recorded
Only series with the same statistic, population, source period, scope, aggregation and definition flags share an axis. National definition deviations remain separate. These are historical statistics, not appointment availability.
p92 · waiting · specialty · 2026-08 · as_reported · no definition/provisional flag recorded
Only series with the same statistic, population, source period, scope, aggregation and definition flags share an axis. National definition deviations remain separate. These are historical statistics, not appointment availability.Inspect complete statistical table (all series, quantiles, procedure codes, FX rates & exclusions)
CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC). “CareFare Global Health Index: Unilateral inguinal hernia repair.” Version 1; evidence capture cutoff 2026-10-14. https://carefareglobal.com/index/inguinal-hernia. Accessed: [YYYY-MM-DD: fill in access date].
BibTeX
@misc{carefare_health_index__index_inguinal_hernia,
author = {{CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC)}},
title = {CareFare Global Health Index: Unilateral inguinal hernia repair},
publisher = {CareFare Global Health Index},
version = {1},
date = {2026-10-14},
url = {https://carefareglobal.com/index/inguinal-hernia},
urldate = {YYYY-MM-DD},
note = {Evidence capture cutoff: 2026-10-14. Fill in urldate before reuse; cite also the original source and source period.}
}
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NHS England (Referral to Treatment) — https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Incomplete-Commissioner-Aug26-XLSX-4M-vjgRdG.xlsx Source periods: 2026-08. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
Public Health Scotland — https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/e9dbef36-a343-4b9a-ab7e-b6e6cbcbb38e/resource/ac63b747-fdcc-410c-ae43-de6fe3c46abf/download/sot_performance_ongoing_completed_waits_monthly_aug26.csv Source periods: 2026-08. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
India National Health Authority (PM-JAY) — https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3169779d3852b32ce8b1a1724dbf5217d/uploads/2024/06/20240619792610196.pdf Source periods: 2022. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.
Spain Ministry of Health (SISLE) — https://www.sanidad.gob.es/estadEstudios/estadisticas/inforRecopilaciones/docs/LISTAS_PUBLICACION_Dic_2025_rectificado.pdf Source periods: 2025-12-31. Capture dates: 2026-10-14.