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Procedure price report · Diagnostic procedures, male genital

Open biopsy of the testicle

CPT 54505the billing code this page is about

A small incision is made in the scrotum to take a tissue sample from the testicle for laboratory examination; covers one side unless billed twice.

Hospitals typically charge $1,072 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 366 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,156. Most fall between $372 and $5,110 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
366
States
48
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 366 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
$293$416$1,072$4,561$10,171

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 35× what the cheapest tenth charges ($293 vs $10,171).

How the prices are spread

$212 – $315: 32 hospitals$212$315 – $469: 50 hospitals$469 – $697: 50 hospitals$469$697 – $1,038: 31 hospitals$1,038 – $1,544: 14 hospitals$1,038$1,544 – $2,297: 5 hospitals$2,297 – $3,419: 17 hospitals$2,297$3,419 – $5,087: 77 hospitals$5,087 – $7,569: 29 hospitals$5,087$7,569 – $11,262: 32 hospitals$7,569median $1,072price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (337 of 366 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$212$31532
$315$46950
$469$69750
$697$1,03831
$1,038$1,54414
$1,544$2,2975
$2,297$3,41917
$3,419$5,08777
$5,087$7,56929
$7,569$11,26232

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$1,072
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.30×

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 $1,072.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $386 across 14 hospitalsIL$386Wisconsin: median $810 across 20 hospitalsWI$810Michigan: median $674 across 29 hospitalsMI$674New York: median $4,081 across 28 hospitalsNY$4,081Massachusetts: median $12,288 across 12 hospitalsMA$12,288Oregon: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $529 across 17 hospitalsIA$529Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $910 across 13 hospitalsOH$910Pennsylvania: median $2,429 across 20 hospitalsPA$2,429New Jersey: median $4,062 across 22 hospitalsNJ$4,062Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $11,262 across 27 hospitalsCA$11,262Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 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 $350 across 11 hospitalsWV$350Virginia: 3 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $347 across 12 hospitalsOK$347Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,282 across 20 hospitalsTX$4,282Florida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,072. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA12$12,288+1046%$5,943 – $12,288
California CA27$11,262+950%$2,582 – $11,262
Texas TX20$4,282+299%$920 – $4,282
New York NY28$4,081+281%$317 – $4,081
New Jersey NJ22$4,062+279%$3,818 – $5,419
Pennsylvania PA20$2,429+127%$68 – $5,831
Ohio OH13$910−15%$488 – $3,858
Wisconsin WI20$810−24%$810 – $1,072
Michigan MI29$674−37%$674 – $7,449
Iowa IA17$529−51%$529 – $602
Illinois IL14$386−64%$293 – $2,152
West Virginia WV11$350−67%$219 – $581
Oklahoma OK12$347−68%$347 – $347
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $1,072.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care295$2,990$385 – $5,427
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access61$674$332 – $1,103
Ownership
For-profit31$2,118$293 – $4,862
Government48$1,103$374 – $4,081
Non-profit286$1,072$362 – $5,427
System affiliation
Part of a system304$1,449$385 – $5,529
Independent62$605$354 – $3,462

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,246
Median cash price$1,072
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

228 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $810 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,868; most fall between $347 and $5,907.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 228 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
$235$354$810$4,862$11,262

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 48× what the cheapest tenth charges ($235 vs $11,262).

Of the 248 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 228 gave a usable cash price; 11 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

366 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 398 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted366
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here21
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 — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code398

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 Diagnostic procedures, male genital family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Biopsy Testis Incisional Separate Procedure.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open biopsy of the testicle (CPT 54505) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-54505-open-biopsy-of-the-testicle