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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures, male genital

Placement of needles in the prostate for radiation seeds

CPT 55875the billing code this page is about

Needles or small catheters are placed through the skin into the prostate so radioactive material can be inserted for internal radiation treatment, including any imaging guidance used.

Hospitals typically charge $5,796 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 678 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,679. Most fall between $2,267 and $9,882 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
678
States
47
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 678 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
$1,426$2,760$5,796$8,874$13,093

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,426 vs $13,093).

How the prices are spread

$1,015 – $1,344: 37 hospitals$1,015$1,344 – $1,781: 34 hospitals$1,781 – $2,359: 56 hospitals$1,781$2,359 – $3,124: 45 hospitals$3,124 – $4,139: 53 hospitals$3,124$4,139 – $5,482: 72 hospitals$5,482 – $7,261: 116 hospitals$5,482$7,261 – $9,618: 103 hospitals$9,618 – $12,740: 53 hospitals$9,618$12,740 – $16,875: 50 hospitals$12,740median $5,796price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (619 of 678 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,015$1,34437
$1,344$1,78134
$1,781$2,35956
$2,359$3,12445
$3,124$4,13953
$4,139$5,48272
$5,482$7,261116
$7,261$9,618103
$9,618$12,74053
$12,740$16,87550

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,478
Median cash price$5,796
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.06×

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 $5,796.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 3 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 $5,551 across 23 hospitalsWA$5,551Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $3,090 across 26 hospitalsIL$3,090Wisconsin: median $2,924 across 27 hospitalsWI$2,924Michigan: median $3,998 across 26 hospitalsMI$3,998New York: median $6,016 across 41 hospitalsNY$6,016Massachusetts: median $7,718 across 10 hospitalsMA$7,718Oregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,947 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,947Indiana: median $2,896 across 23 hospitalsIN$2,896Ohio: median $4,609 across 44 hospitalsOH$4,609Pennsylvania: median $6,565 across 34 hospitalsPA$6,565New Jersey: median $5,632 across 41 hospitalsNJ$5,632Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $13,093 across 48 hospitalsCA$13,093Utah: median $8,913 across 23 hospitalsUT$8,913Colorado: median $8,600 across 17 hospitalsCO$8,600Nebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $4,811 across 14 hospitalsVA$4,811Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,236 across 11 hospitalsAZ$3,236New 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $6,596 across 17 hospitalsNC$6,596South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,289 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,289Louisiana: median $4,391 across 15 hospitalsLA$4,391Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $7,325 across 45 hospitalsGA$7,325Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,114 across 34 hospitalsTX$7,114Florida: median $5,755 across 20 hospitalsFL$5,755
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,796. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA48$13,093+126%$5,049 – $13,093
Utah UT23$8,913+54%$8,258 – $10,323
Colorado CO17$8,600+48%$6,717 – $23,879
Massachusetts MA10$7,718+33%$4,662 – $9,237
Georgia GA45$7,325+26%$2,299 – $10,976
Texas TX34$7,114+23%$6,087 – $8,874
North Carolina NC17$6,596+14%$4,779 – $6,596
Pennsylvania PA34$6,565+13%$1,150 – $9,428
New York NY41$6,016+4%$2,225 – $9,188
Florida FL20$5,755−1%$3,060 – $8,781
New Jersey NJ41$5,632−3%$4,350 – $6,937
Washington WA23$5,551−4%$3,947 – $8,210
Virginia VA14$4,811−17%$2,045 – $6,203
Ohio OH44$4,609−20%$3,431 – $15,200
Louisiana LA15$4,391−24%$2,900 – $6,055
Michigan MI26$3,998−31%$2,242 – $14,964
Arizona AZ11$3,236−44%$2,185 – $5,099
Illinois IL26$3,090−47%$1,358 – $10,981
Wisconsin WI27$2,924−50%$2,924 – $3,998
Indiana IN23$2,896−50%$2,116 – $4,119
Iowa IA17$1,947−66%$1,947 – $5,842
Oklahoma OK13$1,289−78%$1,289 – $4,284
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $5,796.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care611$5,987$2,299 – $10,323
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access58$3,914$1,947 – $8,258
Ownership
For-profit62$6,180$2,299 – $10,976
Government85$6,016$1,732 – $7,509
Non-profit528$5,632$2,299 – $10,323
System affiliation
Part of a system599$6,016$2,304 – $10,323
Independent79$3,890$1,426 – $7,291

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$9,710
Median cash price$5,796
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

496 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $5,842 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,785; most fall between $2,178 and $10,399.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 496 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
$1,388$2,304$5,842$9,137$13,093

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,388 vs $13,093).

Of the 545 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 496 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 28 a list price only.

How complete is this

678 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 746 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted678
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded27
Hospitals that filed this code746

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 non-OR therapeutic procedures, male genital family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Transperineal Plmt Ndl/Caths Prostate Radj Insj.

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, “Placement of needles in the prostate for radiation seeds (CPT 55875) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-55875-placement-of-needles-in-the-prostate-for-radiation-seeds