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

Placement of markers in the prostate to guide radiation

CPT 55876the billing code this page is about

One or more small markers or devices are placed into the prostate to help aim radiation treatment; the code covers the placement session whether one or several markers are used.

Hospitals typically charge $1,725 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,186 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,911. Most fall between $534 and $3,785 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,186
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 1,186 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
$269$721$1,725$3,197$5,025

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($269 vs $5,025).

How the prices are spread

$173 – $250: 54 hospitals$173$250 – $364: 60 hospitals$364 – $528: 66 hospitals$364$528 – $767: 69 hospitals$767 – $1,113: 97 hospitals$767$1,113 – $1,616: 162 hospitals$1,616 – $2,346: 143 hospitals$1,616$2,346 – $3,407: 204 hospitals$3,407 – $4,946: 156 hospitals$3,407$4,946 – $7,182: 62 hospitals$4,946median $1,725price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,073 of 1,186 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$173$25054
$250$36460
$364$52866
$528$76769
$767$1,11397
$1,113$1,616162
$1,616$2,346143
$2,346$3,407204
$3,407$4,946156
$4,946$7,18262

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,414
Median cash price$1,725
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

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 $1,725.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 3 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 $2,579 across 27 hospitalsWA$2,579Idaho: median $3,809 across 10 hospitalsID$3,809Montana: 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 $2,046 across 16 hospitalsMN$2,046Illinois: median $1,802 across 61 hospitalsIL$1,802Wisconsin: median $639 across 45 hospitalsWI$639Michigan: median $1,394 across 45 hospitalsMI$1,394New York: median $1,619 across 47 hospitalsNY$1,619Massachusetts: median $2,754 across 19 hospitalsMA$2,754Oregon: median $272 across 20 hospitalsOR$272Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 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 $362 across 19 hospitalsIA$362Indiana: median $710 across 37 hospitalsIN$710Ohio: median $3,419 across 64 hospitalsOH$3,419Pennsylvania: median $1,888 across 54 hospitalsPA$1,888New Jersey: median $4,109 across 47 hospitalsNJ$4,109Connecticut: median $2,255 across 11 hospitalsCT$2,255Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,011 across 88 hospitalsCA$3,011Utah: median $2,013 across 25 hospitalsUT$2,013Colorado: median $1,088 across 24 hospitalsCO$1,088Nebraska: median $336 across 15 hospitalsNE$336Missouri: median $2,755 across 31 hospitalsMO$2,755Kentucky: median $1,129 across 14 hospitalsKY$1,129West Virginia: median $936 across 23 hospitalsWV$936Virginia: median $2,403 across 29 hospitalsVA$2,403Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,699 across 26 hospitalsAZ$1,699New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,286 across 13 hospitalsKS$1,286Arkansas: median $878 across 10 hospitalsAR$878Tennessee: median $795 across 21 hospitalsTN$795North Carolina: median $1,544 across 32 hospitalsNC$1,544South Carolina: median $3,578 across 22 hospitalsSC$3,578Oklahoma: median $1,061 across 25 hospitalsOK$1,061Louisiana: median $1,030 across 19 hospitalsLA$1,030Mississippi: median $1,017 across 12 hospitalsMS$1,017Alabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,045 across 49 hospitalsGA$1,045Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,831 across 62 hospitalsTX$2,831Florida: median $3,785 across 59 hospitalsFL$3,785
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,725. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ47$4,109+138%$1,514 – $5,855
Idaho ID10$3,809+121%$670 – $3,809
Florida FL59$3,785+119%$2,039 – $5,114
South Carolina SC22$3,578+107%$2,877 – $5,579
Ohio OH64$3,419+98%$1,596 – $4,852
California CA88$3,011+75%$1,702 – $3,993
Texas TX62$2,831+64%$1,608 – $2,980
Missouri MO31$2,755+60%$1,196 – $6,372
Massachusetts MA19$2,754+60%$1,716 – $3,572
Washington WA27$2,579+49%$1,226 – $2,905
Virginia VA29$2,403+39%$684 – $3,169
Connecticut CT11$2,255+31%$1,561 – $6,119
Minnesota MN16$2,046+19%$285 – $3,166
Utah UT25$2,013+17%$2,013 – $2,723
Pennsylvania PA54$1,888+9%$1,415 – $2,960
Illinois IL61$1,802+4%$458 – $3,446
Arizona AZ26$1,699−2%$471 – $3,353
New York NY47$1,619−6%$399 – $2,756
North Carolina NC32$1,544−10%$576 – $2,453
Michigan MI45$1,394−19%$173 – $2,337
Kansas KS13$1,286−25%$454 – $4,924
Kentucky KY14$1,129−35%$174 – $5,494
Colorado CO24$1,088−37%$853 – $4,029
Oklahoma OK25$1,061−39%$169 – $1,550
Georgia GA49$1,045−39%$693 – $2,976
Louisiana LA19$1,030−40%$445 – $1,622
Mississippi MS12$1,017−41%$841 – $1,517
West Virginia WV23$936−46%$107 – $1,591
Arkansas AR10$878−49%$251 – $1,260
Tennessee TN21$795−54%$546 – $1,731
Indiana IN37$710−59%$323 – $1,365
Wisconsin WI45$639−63%$520 – $965
Iowa IA19$362−79%$362 – $1,235
Nebraska NE15$336−81%$182 – $1,220
Oregon OR20$272−84%$157 – $546
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $1,725.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,038$1,858$693 – $3,960
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access134$521$222 – $2,723
Ownership
For-profit103$1,605$656 – $3,809
Government155$1,544$301 – $2,980
Non-profit923$1,900$536 – $3,878
System affiliation
Part of a system1,018$1,895$639 – $3,878
Independent168$1,108$269 – $2,578

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,398
Median cash price$1,725
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

879 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,979 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,006; most fall between $620 and $3,578.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 879 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
$276$848$1,979$3,110$4,458

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($276 vs $4,458).

Of the 940 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 879 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 37 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,186 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (30%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,286 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,186
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here54
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded42
Hospitals that filed this code1,286

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 Plmt Interstitial Dev Radiat Tx Prostate 1/Mult.

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 markers in the prostate to guide radiation (CPT 55876) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-55876-placement-of-markers-in-the-prostate-to-guide-radiation