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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures, male genital

Cutting of the tight band under the head of the penis

CPT 54164the billing code this page is about

Procedure to divide the frenulum, the small band of tissue on the underside of the penis, sometimes with repair of the area.

Hospitals typically charge $2,074 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 508 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,121. Most fall between $389 and $4,602 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
508
States
49
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 508 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
$268$470$2,074$4,190$6,125

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($268 vs $6,125).

How the prices are spread

$206 – $298: 33 hospitals$206$298 – $432: 55 hospitals$432 – $626: 63 hospitals$432$626 – $907: 37 hospitals$907 – $1,314: 14 hospitals$907$1,314 – $1,903: 23 hospitals$1,903 – $2,756: 57 hospitals$1,903$2,756 – $3,993: 70 hospitals$3,993 – $5,784: 73 hospitals$3,993$5,784 – $8,378: 48 hospitals$5,784median $2,074price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (473 of 508 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$206$29833
$298$43255
$432$62663
$626$90737
$907$1,31414
$1,314$1,90323
$1,903$2,75657
$2,756$3,99370
$3,993$5,78473
$5,784$8,37848

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,136
Median cash price$2,074
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.97×

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 $2,074.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $463 across 12 hospitalsWA$463Idaho: median $5,304 across 10 hospitalsID$5,304Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $663 across 18 hospitalsIL$663Wisconsin: median $1,588 across 31 hospitalsWI$1,588Michigan: median $1,267 across 18 hospitalsMI$1,267New York: median $2,424 across 32 hospitalsNY$2,424Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $467 across 15 hospitalsOR$467Nevada: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $482 across 20 hospitalsIA$482Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $6,125 across 18 hospitalsOH$6,125Pennsylvania: median $1,527 across 19 hospitalsPA$1,527New Jersey: median $4,350 across 31 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,968 across 53 hospitalsCA$3,968Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,817 across 11 hospitalsCO$3,817Nebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $206 across 12 hospitalsWV$206Virginia: 6 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $321 across 12 hospitalsOK$321Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $4,451 across 15 hospitalsGA$4,451Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,898 across 27 hospitalsTX$3,898Florida: median $927 across 19 hospitalsFL$927
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,074. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH18$6,125+195%$733 – $6,125
Idaho ID10$5,304+156%$2,628 – $5,304
Georgia GA15$4,451+115%$4,451 – $5,518
New Jersey NJ31$4,350+110%$2,269 – $5,339
California CA53$3,968+91%$1,312 – $8,378
Texas TX27$3,898+88%$677 – $3,970
Colorado CO11$3,817+84%$497 – $5,406
New York NY32$2,424+17%$554 – $2,481
Wisconsin WI31$1,588−23%$749 – $3,980
Pennsylvania PA19$1,527−26%$121 – $3,833
Michigan MI18$1,267−39%$373 – $4,651
Florida FL19$927−55%$508 – $5,141
Illinois IL18$663−68%$246 – $2,329
Iowa IA20$482−77%$445 – $546
Oregon OR15$467−77%$360 – $467
Washington WA12$463−78%$360 – $2,789
Oklahoma OK12$321−85%$321 – $321
West Virginia WV12$206−90%$203 – $1,564
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,074.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care417$2,424$423 – $4,855
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access79$550$330 – $1,588
Ownership
For-profit43$3,101$371 – $4,670
Government80$927$356 – $2,659
Non-profit384$2,246$440 – $4,651
System affiliation
Part of a system416$2,313$423 – $4,861
Independent92$794$363 – $2,794

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,003
Median cash price$2,074
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

332 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,312 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,012; most fall between $360 and $4,855.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 332 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
$246$396$1,312$4,451$6,125

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($246 vs $6,125).

Of the 363 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 332 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 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

508 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 563 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted508
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here43
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code563

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 OR therapeutic procedures, male genital family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Frenulotomy,Penis.

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, “Cutting of the tight band under the head of the penis (CPT 54164) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-54164-cutting-of-the-tight-band-under-the-head-of-the-penis