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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures, male genital

Laser removal of prostate tissue with morcellation

CPT 52649the billing code this page is about

A laser is used through a scope in the urethra to free the inner prostate tissue, which is then broken up and suctioned out in the same session.

Hospitals typically charge $5,632 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 399 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,932. Most fall between $1,624 and $12,006 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
399
States
42
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 399 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
$1,016$2,082$5,632$9,927$24,758

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,016 vs $24,758).

How the prices are spread

$753 – $1,071: 26 hospitals$753$1,071 – $1,524: 32 hospitals$1,524 – $2,169: 37 hospitals$1,524$2,169 – $3,087: 13 hospitals$3,087 – $4,393: 46 hospitals$3,087$4,393 – $6,252: 51 hospitals$6,252 – $8,897: 50 hospitals$6,252$8,897 – $12,661: 57 hospitals$12,661 – $18,019: 17 hospitals$12,661$18,019 – $25,644: 34 hospitals$18,019median $5,632price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (363 of 399 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$753$1,07126
$1,071$1,52432
$1,524$2,16937
$2,169$3,08713
$3,087$4,39346
$4,393$6,25251
$6,252$8,89750
$8,897$12,66157
$12,661$18,01917
$18,019$25,64434

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,478
Median cash price$5,632
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.03×

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 $5,632.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $5,437 across 17 hospitalsMN$5,437Illinois: median $2,082 across 20 hospitalsIL$2,082Wisconsin: median $4,076 across 28 hospitalsWI$4,076Michigan: median $4,076 across 19 hospitalsMI$4,076New York: median $6,016 across 40 hospitalsNY$6,016Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,082 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,082Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,786 across 10 hospitalsOH$3,786Pennsylvania: median $3,338 across 19 hospitalsPA$3,338New Jersey: median $5,632 across 29 hospitalsNJ$5,632Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $9,927 across 44 hospitalsCA$9,927Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $861 across 10 hospitalsWV$861Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,364 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,364Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,295 across 25 hospitalsTX$8,295Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,632. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA44$9,927+76%$9,912 – $25,273
Texas TX25$8,295+47%$3,180 – $12,006
New York NY40$6,016+7%$3,251 – $9,188
New Jersey NJ29$5,6320%$5,110 – $6,783
Minnesota MN17$5,437−3%$2,507 – $5,437
Michigan MI19$4,076−28%$1,408 – $21,299
Wisconsin WI28$4,076−28%$4,028 – $7,413
Ohio OH10$3,786−33%$2,262 – $5,537
Pennsylvania PA19$3,338−41%$510 – $9,579
Iowa IA16$2,082−63%$2,082 – $2,260
Illinois IL20$2,082−63%$639 – $22,499
Oklahoma OK13$1,364−76%$1,364 – $10,364
West Virginia WV10$861−85%$753 – $2,590
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $5,632.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care332$6,016$1,804 – $12,793
Children’s2fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access64$4,028$917 – $6,975
Ownership
For-profit37$8,220$1,364 – $15,470
Government49$5,202$1,331 – $15,590
Non-profit312$5,572$1,744 – $10,399
System affiliation
Part of a system340$5,987$1,684 – $12,006
Independent59$3,338$1,458 – $9,278

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,271
Median cash price$5,632
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

207 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,076 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,044; most fall between $1,364 and $12,006.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 207 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
$917$1,408$4,076$9,927$23,434

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 26× what the cheapest tenth charges ($917 vs $23,434).

Of the 229 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 207 gave a usable cash price; 8 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

399 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 426 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted399
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here17
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code426

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 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures, male genital family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Laser Enucleation Prostate W/Morcellation.

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, “Laser removal of prostate tissue with morcellation (CPT 52649) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-52649-laser-removal-of-prostate-tissue-with-morcellation