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Procedure price report · Transurethral resection of prostate (TURP)

Prostate removal through the urethra, complete

CPT 52601the billing code this page is about

Complete removal of obstructing prostate tissue using a scope passed through the urethra, including control of bleeding and related steps done at the same session.

Hospitals typically charge $4,696 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 874 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,149. Most fall between $1,637 and $10,644 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
874
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 874 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,256$1,872$4,696$9,188$16,822

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,256 vs $16,822).

How the prices are spread

$839 – $1,164: 33 hospitals$839$1,164 – $1,614: 95 hospitals$1,614 – $2,237: 83 hospitals$1,614$2,237 – $3,102: 61 hospitals$3,102 – $4,302: 97 hospitals$3,102$4,302 – $5,965: 112 hospitals$5,965 – $8,271: 113 hospitals$5,965$8,271 – $11,469: 88 hospitals$11,469 – $15,903: 51 hospitals$11,469$15,903 – $22,052: 55 hospitals$15,903median $4,696price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (788 of 874 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$839$1,16433
$1,164$1,61495
$1,614$2,23783
$2,237$3,10261
$3,102$4,30297
$4,302$5,965112
$5,965$8,271113
$8,271$11,46988
$11,469$15,90351
$15,903$22,05255

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,478
Median cash price$4,696
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.86×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,696.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,745 across 16 hospitalsWA$1,745Idaho: median $12,286 across 13 hospitalsID$12,286Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,660 across 38 hospitalsMN$3,660Illinois: median $3,105 across 34 hospitalsIL$3,105Wisconsin: median $3,828 across 33 hospitalsWI$3,828Michigan: median $2,518 across 43 hospitalsMI$2,518New York: median $6,016 across 61 hospitalsNY$6,016Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,099 across 19 hospitalsOR$2,099Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,842 across 32 hospitalsIA$1,842Indiana: median $3,003 across 26 hospitalsIN$3,003Ohio: median $13,017 across 41 hospitalsOH$13,017Pennsylvania: median $4,305 across 32 hospitalsPA$4,305New Jersey: median $5,627 across 34 hospitalsNJ$5,627Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $10,644 across 58 hospitalsCA$10,644Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $5,084 across 18 hospitalsCO$5,084Nebraska: median $2,698 across 22 hospitalsNE$2,698Missouri: median $6,026 across 17 hospitalsMO$6,026Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $3,538 across 23 hospitalsWV$3,538Virginia: median $13,082 across 18 hospitalsVA$13,082Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $6,580 across 11 hospitalsAZ$6,580New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $4,195 across 15 hospitalsKS$4,195Arkansas: median $2,754 across 11 hospitalsAR$2,754Tennessee: median $4,186 across 16 hospitalsTN$4,186North Carolina: median $6,975 across 11 hospitalsNC$6,975South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $3,702 across 21 hospitalsOK$3,702Louisiana: median $4,771 across 14 hospitalsLA$4,771Mississippi: median $3,256 across 14 hospitalsMS$3,256Alabama: median $4,785 across 14 hospitalsAL$4,785Georgia: median $9,791 across 10 hospitalsGA$9,791Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,000 across 38 hospitalsTX$7,000Florida: median $9,447 across 14 hospitalsFL$9,447
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,696. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA18$13,082+179%$3,565 – $19,322
Ohio OH41$13,017+177%$2,678 – $25,006
Idaho ID13$12,286+162%$4,001 – $12,489
California CA58$10,644+127%$3,190 – $16,822
Georgia GA10$9,791+108%$5,351 – $9,791
Florida FL14$9,447+101%$3,764 – $13,147
Texas TX38$7,000+49%$5,359 – $11,287
North Carolina NC11$6,975+49%$2,144 – $12,837
Arizona AZ11$6,580+40%$1,036 – $23,582
Missouri MO17$6,026+28%$1,858 – $12,594
New York NY61$6,016+28%$1,943 – $9,188
New Jersey NJ34$5,627+20%$4,881 – $6,471
Colorado CO18$5,084+8%$1,394 – $5,916
Alabama AL14$4,785+2%$2,382 – $12,773
Louisiana LA14$4,771+2%$3,690 – $9,278
Pennsylvania PA32$4,305−8%$416 – $10,399
Kansas KS15$4,195−11%$1,256 – $5,051
Tennessee TN16$4,186−11%$837 – $6,976
Wisconsin WI33$3,828−18%$3,702 – $7,438
Oklahoma OK21$3,702−21%$1,528 – $9,593
Minnesota MN38$3,660−22%$1,801 – $4,807
West Virginia WV23$3,538−25%$761 – $6,872
Mississippi MS14$3,256−31%$1,272 – $10,063
Illinois IL34$3,105−34%$1,505 – $25,003
Indiana IN26$3,003−36%$1,505 – $17,179
Arkansas AR11$2,754−41%$1,752 – $3,526
Nebraska NE22$2,698−43%$1,637 – $5,083
Michigan MI43$2,518−46%$1,270 – $7,373
Oregon OR19$2,099−55%$1,329 – $2,732
Iowa IA32$1,842−61%$1,711 – $10,584
Washington WA16$1,745−63%$1,437 – $8,445
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,696.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care662$5,627$1,842 – $11,768
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access202$2,456$1,334 – $4,850
Ownership
For-profit101$7,634$4,186 – $13,719
Government141$2,991$1,373 – $6,872
Non-profit629$4,627$1,700 – $10,364
System affiliation
Part of a system673$5,098$1,842 – $10,723
Independent201$2,732$1,446 – $7,585

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,942
Median cash price$4,696
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

391 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,338 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,646; most fall between $1,375 and $8,522.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 391 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,100$1,528$3,338$7,277$11,282

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,100 vs $11,282).

Of the 437 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 391 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 25 a list price only.

How complete is this

874 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 955 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted874
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here52
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded9
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code955

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Trurl Electrosurg Rescj Prostate Bleed Complete.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Prostate removal through the urethra, complete (CPT 52601) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52601-prostate-removal-through-the-urethra-complete