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Procedure price report · Open prostatectomy

Open partial prostate removal through the lower abdomen

CPT 55821the billing code this page is about

Open surgery in which part of the prostate is removed through an incision in the lower abdomen and the bladder, usually for a non-cancerous enlarged prostate.

Hospitals typically charge $2,207 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 228 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,404. Most fall between $1,399 and $4,527 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
228
States
41
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 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
$1,082$1,482$2,207$3,786$7,408

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,082 vs $7,408).

How the prices are spread

$886 – $1,140: 16 hospitals$886$1,140 – $1,466: 25 hospitals$1,466 – $1,886: 38 hospitals$1,466$1,886 – $2,426: 38 hospitals$2,426 – $3,121: 25 hospitals$2,426$3,121 – $4,014: 26 hospitals$4,014 – $5,164: 11 hospitals$4,014$5,164 – $6,642: 12 hospitals$6,642 – $8,544: 7 hospitals$6,642$8,544 – $10,991: 13 hospitals$8,544median $2,207price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (211 of 228 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$886$1,14016
$1,140$1,46625
$1,466$1,88638
$1,886$2,42638
$2,426$3,12125
$3,121$4,01426
$4,014$5,16411
$5,164$6,64212
$6,642$8,5447
$8,544$10,99113

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,207.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,750 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,750Wisconsin: median $6,696 across 25 hospitalsWI$6,696Michigan: median $1,709 across 16 hospitalsMI$1,709New York: median $1,993 across 17 hospitalsNY$1,993Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $2,008 across 13 hospitalsOR$2,008Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,207 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,207Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $4,350 across 19 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $1,387 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,387Louisiana: 2 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,207. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI25$6,696+203%$3,334 – $10,991
New Jersey NJ19$4,350+97%$1,482 – $5,741
Iowa IA15$2,2070%$2,207 – $2,207
Oregon OR13$2,008−9%$1,529 – $2,008
New York NY17$1,993−10%$959 – $7,782
Illinois IL12$1,750−21%$1,544 – $4,883
Michigan MI16$1,709−23%$1,093 – $2,694
Oklahoma OK10$1,387−37%$1,387 – $1,387
Pennsylvania PA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not 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 $2,207.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care184$2,178$1,387 – $4,405
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access40$2,694$1,750 – $8,879
Ownership
For-profit19fewer than 20 hospitals
Government32$2,029$1,409 – $2,745
Non-profit176$2,207$1,387 – $4,405
System affiliation
Part of a system177$2,207$1,417 – $4,405
Independent51$2,029$1,319 – $4,556

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,868
Median cash price$2,207
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

145 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,063 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,225; most fall between $1,387 and $3,334.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 145 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
$959$1,387$2,063$3,065$4,527

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($959 vs $4,527).

Of the 167 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 145 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

228 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (6%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 288 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted228
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here36
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 — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code288

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Open prostatectomy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Prostatectomy Suprapubic Subtotal 1/2 Stages.

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 partial prostate removal through the lower abdomen (CPT 55821) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-55821-open-partial-prostate-removal-through-the-lower-abdomen