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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures, male genital

Removal of fluid sacs around both testicles

CPT 55041the billing code this page is about

Surgery to remove hydroceles, fluid-filled sacs surrounding the testicles, on both sides during the same operation.

Hospitals typically charge $2,443 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 611 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,943. Most fall between $940 and $6,947 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
611
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 611 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
$765$1,068$2,443$5,578$10,382

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($765 vs $10,382).

How the prices are spread

$540 – $750: 31 hospitals$540$750 – $1,042: 84 hospitals$1,042 – $1,448: 81 hospitals$1,042$1,448 – $2,012: 58 hospitals$2,012 – $2,796: 41 hospitals$2,012$2,796 – $3,884: 36 hospitals$3,884 – $5,396: 82 hospitals$3,884$5,396 – $7,497: 57 hospitals$7,497 – $10,415: 63 hospitals$7,497$10,415 – $14,470: 18 hospitals$10,415median $2,443price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (551 of 611 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$540$75031
$750$1,04284
$1,042$1,44881
$1,448$2,01258
$2,012$2,79641
$2,796$3,88436
$3,884$5,39682
$5,396$7,49757
$7,497$10,41563
$10,415$14,47018

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,658
Median cash price$2,443
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.67×

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 $2,443.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,548 across 13 hospitalsWA$1,548Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,979 across 21 hospitalsMN$2,979Illinois: median $1,827 across 23 hospitalsIL$1,827Wisconsin: median $2,520 across 33 hospitalsWI$2,520Michigan: median $1,518 across 42 hospitalsMI$1,518New York: median $4,176 across 35 hospitalsNY$4,176Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $940 across 12 hospitalsOR$940Nevada: 5 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 $1,286 across 31 hospitalsIA$1,286Indiana: median $1,053 across 14 hospitalsIN$1,053Ohio: median $2,443 across 23 hospitalsOH$2,443Pennsylvania: median $2,622 across 26 hospitalsPA$2,622New Jersey: median $4,627 across 30 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: 2 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 $10,382 across 40 hospitalsCA$10,382Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,212 across 14 hospitalsNE$1,212Missouri: median $3,499 across 14 hospitalsMO$3,499Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,384 across 15 hospitalsWV$1,384Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 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: median $857 across 16 hospitalsKS$857Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $948 across 11 hospitalsTN$948North Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $848 across 16 hospitalsOK$848Louisiana: median $3,344 across 15 hospitalsLA$3,344Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,551 across 11 hospitalsAL$3,551Georgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,578 across 30 hospitalsTX$5,578Florida: median $2,443 across 13 hospitalsFL$2,443
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,443. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA40$10,382+325%$1,448 – $10,382
Texas TX30$5,578+128%$3,342 – $6,375
New Jersey NJ30$4,627+89%$3,906 – $5,339
New York NY35$4,176+71%$844 – $4,250
Alabama AL11$3,551+45%$1,484 – $9,725
Missouri MO14$3,499+43%$892 – $15,039
Louisiana LA15$3,344+37%$1,015 – $5,443
Minnesota MN21$2,979+22%$1,506 – $3,913
Pennsylvania PA26$2,622+7%$331 – $6,650
Wisconsin WI33$2,520+3%$1,964 – $5,575
Florida FL13$2,4430%$1,593 – $9,198
Ohio OH23$2,4430%$1,168 – $14,470
Illinois IL23$1,827−25%$913 – $10,587
Washington WA13$1,548−37%$940 – $5,365
Michigan MI42$1,518−38%$1,127 – $7,130
West Virginia WV15$1,384−43%$534 – $7,848
Iowa IA31$1,286−47%$1,134 – $1,449
Nebraska NE14$1,212−50%$1,109 – $3,585
Indiana IN14$1,053−57%$935 – $8,294
Tennessee TN11$948−61%$509 – $4,477
Oregon OR12$940−62%$940 – $1,327
Kansas KS16$857−65%$739 – $2,585
Oklahoma OK16$848−65%$848 – $7,973
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $2,443.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care447$3,833$942 – $8,121
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access152$1,448$892 – $3,569
Ownership
For-profit60$5,443$1,247 – $9,725
Government113$1,528$913 – $4,176
Non-profit437$2,580$940 – $6,424
System affiliation
Part of a system468$2,976$940 – $7,130
Independent143$1,525$937 – $5,897

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,834
Median cash price$2,443
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

317 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,506 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,130; most fall between $853 and $6,040.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 317 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
$639$935$1,506$4,941$8,893

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($639 vs $8,893).

Of the 351 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 317 gave a usable cash price; 20 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

611 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 674 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted611
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here45
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded14
Hospitals that filed this code674

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 Excision Hydrocele Bilateral.

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, “Removal of fluid sacs around both testicles (CPT 55041) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-55041-removal-of-fluid-sacs-around-both-testicles