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

Placement of needles in pelvic organs for radiation

CPT 55920the billing code this page is about

Insertion of needles or catheters into pelvic organs or genital area (other than the prostate) so that radioactive material can later be placed inside them for internal radiation therapy.

Hospitals typically charge $5,361 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 474 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,150. Most fall between $1,413 and $8,486 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
474
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 474 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
$843$2,013$5,361$8,081$12,461

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($843 vs $12,461).

How the prices are spread

$656 – $899: 45 hospitals$656$899 – $1,231: 22 hospitals$1,231 – $1,688: 18 hospitals$1,231$1,688 – $2,313: 28 hospitals$2,313 – $3,170: 13 hospitals$2,313$3,170 – $4,344: 45 hospitals$4,344 – $5,954: 75 hospitals$4,344$5,954 – $8,160: 92 hospitals$8,160 – $11,183: 44 hospitals$8,160$11,183 – $15,327: 46 hospitals$11,183median $5,361price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (428 of 474 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$656$89945
$899$1,23122
$1,231$1,68818
$1,688$2,31328
$2,313$3,17013
$3,170$4,34445
$4,344$5,95475
$5,954$8,16092
$8,160$11,18344
$11,183$15,32746

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$5,111
Median cash price$5,361
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.05×

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 $5,361.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,160 across 15 hospitalsIL$1,160Wisconsin: median $4,461 across 12 hospitalsWI$4,461Michigan: median $6,629 across 20 hospitalsMI$6,629New York: median $5,842 across 23 hospitalsNY$5,842Massachusetts: median $14,715 across 10 hospitalsMA$14,715Oregon: median $848 across 10 hospitalsOR$848Nevada: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,160 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,160Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $5,533 across 15 hospitalsOH$5,533Pennsylvania: median $5,910 across 15 hospitalsPA$5,910New Jersey: median $5,464 across 26 hospitalsNJ$5,464Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,625 across 31 hospitalsCA$6,625Utah: median $2,013 across 11 hospitalsUT$2,013Colorado: median $5,146 across 14 hospitalsCO$5,146Nebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,854 across 13 hospitalsVA$1,854Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,413 across 16 hospitalsTN$1,413North Carolina: median $7,319 across 14 hospitalsNC$7,319South Carolina: median $7,150 across 10 hospitalsSC$7,150Oklahoma: median $762 across 13 hospitalsOK$762Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $10,934 across 22 hospitalsGA$10,934Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,199 across 46 hospitalsTX$4,199Florida: median $7,326 across 25 hospitalsFL$7,326
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,361. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA10$14,715+174%$2,452 – $15,327
Georgia GA22$10,934+104%$8,486 – $12,461
Florida FL25$7,326+37%$3,205 – $8,081
North Carolina NC14$7,319+37%$2,725 – $7,319
South Carolina SC10$7,150+33%$4,983 – $7,150
Michigan MI20$6,629+24%$855 – $6,879
California CA31$6,625+24%$6,625 – $7,879
Pennsylvania PA15$5,910+10%$3,728 – $9,302
New York NY23$5,842+9%$2,160 – $6,167
Ohio OH15$5,533+3%$2,088 – $10,202
New Jersey NJ26$5,464+2%$5,110 – $6,311
Colorado CO14$5,146−4%$5,146 – $14,290
Wisconsin WI12$4,461−17%$3,784 – $4,780
Texas TX46$4,199−22%$942 – $7,936
Utah UT11$2,013−62%$2,013 – $2,013
Virginia VA13$1,854−65%$1,413 – $8,331
Tennessee TN16$1,413−74%$843 – $1,413
Iowa IA15$1,160−78%$1,160 – $3,086
Illinois IL15$1,160−78%$648 – $7,189
Oregon OR10$848−84%$848 – $9,930
Oklahoma OK13$762−86%$762 – $8,291
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not 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
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $5,361.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care437$5,408$1,413 – $8,486
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access30$4,317$698 – $12,115
Ownership
For-profit33$3,634$762 – $12,461
Government63$5,842$1,018 – $7,319
Non-profit376$5,361$1,413 – $8,862
System affiliation
Part of a system424$5,408$1,413 – $8,832
Independent50$4,549$817 – $7,217

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$9,099
Median cash price$5,361
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

362 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $5,146 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,973; most fall between $1,160 and $9,417.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 362 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
$789$1,413$5,146$8,331$12,531

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($789 vs $12,531).

Of the 393 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 362 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 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

474 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 512 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted474
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
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 — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code512

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 Placement Needle Pelvic Organ Radioelement Appl.

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 pelvic organs for radiation (CPT 55920) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-55920-placement-of-needles-in-pelvic-organs-for-radiation