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Procedure price report · Diagnostic procedures, male genital

Open surgical biopsy of the prostate

CPT 55705the billing code this page is about

A prostate tissue sample is taken through a surgical incision rather than with a needle, by any approach.

Hospitals typically charge $2,549 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 413 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,594. Most fall between $527 and $5,726 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
413
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 413 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
$387$633$2,549$4,632$7,109

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($387 vs $7,109).

How the prices are spread

$265 – $376: 22 hospitals$265$376 – $534: 44 hospitals$534 – $758: 44 hospitals$534$758 – $1,076: 24 hospitals$1,076 – $1,528: 19 hospitals$1,076$1,528 – $2,169: 20 hospitals$2,169 – $3,078: 30 hospitals$2,169$3,078 – $4,369: 78 hospitals$4,369 – $6,202: 61 hospitals$4,369$6,202 – $8,803: 33 hospitals$6,202median $2,549price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (375 of 413 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$265$37622
$376$53444
$534$75844
$758$1,07624
$1,076$1,52819
$1,528$2,16920
$2,169$3,07830
$3,078$4,36978
$4,369$6,20261
$6,202$8,80333

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$2,549
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.71×

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 $2,549.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,400 across 14 hospitalsWA$2,400Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,393 across 22 hospitalsIL$2,393Wisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $3,976 across 19 hospitalsMI$3,976New York: median $4,081 across 34 hospitalsNY$4,081Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $485 across 10 hospitalsOR$485Nevada: 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $670 across 20 hospitalsIA$670Indiana: median $3,169 across 18 hospitalsIN$3,169Ohio: median $10,312 across 18 hospitalsOH$10,312Pennsylvania: median $5,085 across 13 hospitalsPA$5,085New Jersey: median $4,062 across 24 hospitalsNJ$4,062Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,883 across 49 hospitalsCA$3,883Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $4,052 across 17 hospitalsWV$4,052Virginia: 5 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $1,020 across 16 hospitalsNC$1,020South Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $438 across 13 hospitalsOK$438Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,128 across 23 hospitalsTX$2,128Florida: median $1,441 across 11 hospitalsFL$1,441
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,549. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH18$10,312+304%$1,195 – $10,312
Pennsylvania PA13$5,085+99%$2,429 – $6,558
New York NY34$4,081+60%$396 – $4,400
New Jersey NJ24$4,062+59%$3,818 – $5,741
West Virginia WV17$4,052+59%$1,035 – $4,052
Michigan MI19$3,976+56%$398 – $7,731
California CA49$3,883+52%$2,609 – $6,115
Indiana IN18$3,169+24%$590 – $4,282
Washington WA14$2,400−6%$693 – $4,561
Illinois IL22$2,393−6%$590 – $6,068
Texas TX23$2,128−17%$920 – $2,128
Florida FL11$1,441−43%$1,199 – $3,462
North Carolina NC16$1,020−60%$966 – $5,402
Iowa IA20$670−74%$496 – $670
Oregon OR10$485−81%$371 – $563
Oklahoma OK13$438−83%$438 – $7,032
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not 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 $2,549.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care348$2,927$590 – $6,068
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access60$670$335 – $4,203
Ownership
For-profit35$1,478$590 – $3,740
Government70$1,441$472 – $4,081
Non-profit306$3,202$543 – $6,068
System affiliation
Part of a system331$3,202$590 – $6,068
Independent82$937$448 – $3,710

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,546
Median cash price$2,549
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

270 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,957 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,531; most fall between $438 and $6,115.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 270 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$514$1,957$5,831$7,427

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 28× what the cheapest tenth charges ($268 vs $7,427).

Of the 289 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 270 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

413 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 459 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted413
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
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 — excluded6
Hospitals that filed this code459

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 Prostate Any Approach Nonimaging-Guided.

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, “Open surgical biopsy of the prostate (CPT 55705) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-55705-open-surgical-biopsy-of-the-prostate