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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures, male genital

Removal of a growth on the spermatic cord

CPT 55520the billing code this page is about

An operation to cut out a lump or lesion from the spermatic cord, when done as a stand-alone procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $1,955 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 758 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,314. Most fall between $832 and $5,339 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
758
States
48
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 758 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
$613$913$1,955$4,595$8,773

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($613 vs $8,773).

How the prices are spread

$495 – $693: 64 hospitals$495$693 – $969: 115 hospitals$969 – $1,357: 107 hospitals$969$1,357 – $1,899: 53 hospitals$1,899 – $2,658: 73 hospitals$1,899$2,658 – $3,720: 50 hospitals$3,720 – $5,207: 107 hospitals$3,720$5,207 – $7,287: 40 hospitals$7,287 – $10,199: 53 hospitals$7,287$10,199 – $14,275: 22 hospitals$10,199median $1,955price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (684 of 758 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$495$69364
$693$969115
$969$1,357107
$1,357$1,89953
$1,899$2,65873
$2,658$3,72050
$3,720$5,207107
$5,207$7,28740
$7,287$10,19953
$10,199$14,27522

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$1,955
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.54×

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 $1,955.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,144 across 26 hospitalsWA$1,144Idaho: median $3,749 across 15 hospitalsID$3,749Montana: 9 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 $1,377 across 35 hospitalsMN$1,377Illinois: median $1,435 across 36 hospitalsIL$1,435Wisconsin: median $2,194 across 36 hospitalsWI$2,194Michigan: median $972 across 38 hospitalsMI$972New York: median $4,081 across 54 hospitalsNY$4,081Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,093 across 24 hospitalsOR$1,093Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,115 across 39 hospitalsIA$1,115Indiana: median $860 across 16 hospitalsIN$860Ohio: median $1,052 across 23 hospitalsOH$1,052Pennsylvania: median $4,044 across 19 hospitalsPA$4,044New Jersey: median $4,561 across 32 hospitalsNJ$4,561Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,635 across 54 hospitalsCA$5,635Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,051 across 10 hospitalsNE$1,051Missouri: median $964 across 16 hospitalsMO$964Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,276 across 16 hospitalsWV$1,276Virginia: median $6,487 across 12 hospitalsVA$6,487Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,326 across 10 hospitalsAZ$4,326New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $804 across 23 hospitalsKS$804Arkansas: median $2,977 across 10 hospitalsAR$2,977Tennessee: 9 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $960 across 12 hospitalsOK$960Louisiana: median $3,471 across 17 hospitalsLA$3,471Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,370 across 12 hospitalsAL$3,370Georgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,737 across 32 hospitalsTX$2,737Florida: median $1,732 across 13 hospitalsFL$1,732
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,955. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA12$6,487+232%$4,805 – $14,807
California CA54$5,635+188%$1,485 – $7,689
New Jersey NJ32$4,561+133%$3,818 – $5,419
Arizona AZ10$4,326+121%$495 – $15,820
New York NY54$4,081+109%$701 – $4,595
Pennsylvania PA19$4,044+107%$745 – $6,499
Idaho ID15$3,749+92%$913 – $8,773
Louisiana LA17$3,471+78%$1,439 – $6,311
Alabama AL12$3,370+72%$844 – $8,922
Arkansas AR10$2,977+52%$1,012 – $4,533
Texas TX32$2,737+40%$2,094 – $5,864
Wisconsin WI36$2,194+12%$1,955 – $3,673
Florida FL13$1,732−11%$1,441 – $8,893
Illinois IL36$1,435−27%$546 – $5,794
Minnesota MN35$1,377−30%$804 – $2,165
West Virginia WV16$1,276−35%$515 – $3,874
Washington WA26$1,144−41%$854 – $2,412
Iowa IA39$1,115−43%$842 – $1,393
Oregon OR24$1,093−44%$851 – $1,412
Ohio OH23$1,052−46%$514 – $6,513
Nebraska NE10$1,051−46%$903 – $1,219
Michigan MI38$972−50%$886 – $4,847
Missouri MO16$964−51%$723 – $9,274
Oklahoma OK12$960−51%$960 – $960
Indiana IN16$860−56%$525 – $15,187
Kansas KS23$804−59%$571 – $2,617
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not 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 $1,955.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care516$3,193$920 – $7,033
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access232$1,132$707 – $2,194
Ownership
For-profit67$4,252$1,109 – $11,284
Government161$1,208$730 – $4,081
Non-profit528$2,029$851 – $4,922
System affiliation
Part of a system560$2,257$872 – $6,311
Independent198$1,174$730 – $3,267

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,898
Median cash price$1,955
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

367 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,199 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,708; most fall between $701 and $4,534.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 367 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
$525$768$1,199$2,836$7,689

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($525 vs $7,689).

Of the 416 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 367 gave a usable cash price; 27 carried a plausibility flag, 0 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

758 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 848 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted758
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here58
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded5
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code848

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 Exc Lesion Spermatic Cord 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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of a growth on the spermatic cord (CPT 55520) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-55520-removal-of-a-growth-on-the-spermatic-cord