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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures, male genital

Freezing of simple growths on the penis

CPT 54056the billing code this page is about

Small surface lesions on the penis are destroyed by freezing them.

Hospitals typically charge $255 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 907 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $260. Most fall between $144 and $425 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
907
States
49
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 907 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
$96$164$255$372$664

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($96 vs $664).

How the prices are spread

$79 – $100: 48 hospitals$79$100 – $127: 50 hospitals$127 – $161: 73 hospitals$127$161 – $204: 102 hospitals$204 – $259: 142 hospitals$204$259 – $328: 153 hospitals$328 – $416: 109 hospitals$328$416 – $528: 42 hospitals$528 – $670: 59 hospitals$528$670 – $850: 41 hospitals$670median $255price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (819 of 907 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$79$10048
$100$12750
$127$16173
$161$204102
$204$259142
$259$328153
$328$416109
$416$52842
$528$67059
$670$85041

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$205
Median cash price$255
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.24×

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 $255.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $150 across 10 hospitalsME$150Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $268 across 31 hospitalsWA$268Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $246 across 10 hospitalsMT$246North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $250 across 34 hospitalsMN$250Illinois: median $257 across 36 hospitalsIL$257Wisconsin: median $311 across 52 hospitalsWI$311Michigan: median $226 across 56 hospitalsMI$226New York: median $235 across 48 hospitalsNY$235Massachusetts: median $392 across 14 hospitalsMA$392Oregon: median $211 across 26 hospitalsOR$211Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $1,774 across 11 hospitalsSD$1,774Iowa: median $315 across 43 hospitalsIA$315Indiana: median $210 across 23 hospitalsIN$210Ohio: median $231 across 45 hospitalsOH$231Pennsylvania: median $277 across 26 hospitalsPA$277New Jersey: median $266 across 34 hospitalsNJ$266Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $349 across 54 hospitalsCA$349Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $174 across 10 hospitalsCO$174Nebraska: median $273 across 19 hospitalsNE$273Missouri: median $176 across 27 hospitalsMO$176Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $115 across 16 hospitalsWV$115Virginia: median $223 across 23 hospitalsVA$223Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $161 across 22 hospitalsKS$161Arkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $135 across 14 hospitalsTN$135North Carolina: median $389 across 19 hospitalsNC$389South Carolina: median $269 across 18 hospitalsSC$269Oklahoma: median $183 across 14 hospitalsOK$183Louisiana: median $105 across 21 hospitalsLA$105Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $139 across 11 hospitalsGA$139Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $288 across 29 hospitalsTX$288Florida: median $415 across 15 hospitalsFL$415
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $255. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD11$1,774+596%$332 – $4,358
Florida FL15$415+63%$291 – $678
Massachusetts MA14$392+54%$278 – $620
North Carolina NC19$389+53%$153 – $389
California CA54$349+37%$255 – $706
Iowa IA43$315+24%$208 – $346
Wisconsin WI52$311+22%$233 – $578
Texas TX29$288+13%$235 – $361
Pennsylvania PA26$277+9%$231 – $474
Nebraska NE19$273+7%$158 – $347
South Carolina SC18$269+6%$176 – $287
Washington WA31$268+5%$104 – $298
New Jersey NJ34$266+4%$220 – $5,110
Illinois IL36$257+1%$179 – $424
Minnesota MN34$250−2%$138 – $530
Montana MT10$246−3%$133 – $429
New York NY48$235−8%$182 – $509
Ohio OH45$231−9%$141 – $594
Michigan MI56$226−11%$93 – $664
Virginia VA23$223−12%$84 – $453
Oregon OR26$211−17%$141 – $330
Indiana IN23$210−18%$175 – $299
Oklahoma OK14$183−28%$183 – $405
Missouri MO27$176−31%$89 – $211
Colorado CO10$174−32%$115 – $469
Kansas KS22$161−37%$109 – $235
Maine ME10$150−41%$96 – $248
Georgia GA11$139−46%$139 – $139
Tennessee TN14$135−47%$84 – $251
West Virginia WV16$115−55%$108 – $293
Louisiana LA21$105−59%$74 – $272
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not 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 $255.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care619$255$145 – $453
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access274$260$138 – $395
Ownership
For-profit45$183$135 – $343
Government191$238$150 – $371
Non-profit670$260$141 – $506
System affiliation
Part of a system714$260$146 – $453
Independent193$228$122 – $372

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$392
Median cash price$255
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

568 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $260 and the average of the middle 60% is $262; most fall between $151 and $411.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 568 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
$111$175$260$362$663

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($111 vs $663).

Of the 619 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 568 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 22 a list price only.

How complete is this

907 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (23%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 989 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted907
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here55
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code989

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 Other non-OR therapeutic procedures, male genital family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Dstrj Lesion Penis Simple Cryosurgery.

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, “Freezing of simple growths on the penis (CPT 54056) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-54056-freezing-of-simple-growths-on-the-penis