CPT 55040 · 1,208 hospitals reporting

Removal of fluid collection in testicle and sperm reservoir

The same procedure costs $196 at one hospital and $45,972 at another — a 235× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,663.

Cheapest published

$196

7 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,208 hospitals

$2,663

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$45,972

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

356 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$7,608	$2,663	—	—	3 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$7,608	$2,663	—	—	3 insurers
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$10,000	$2,662	—	—	5 insurers
JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,661	$2,661	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$4,109	$2,671	—	—	5 insurers
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$3,919	$2,653	$374	$3,923	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,478	$2,687	—	—	5 insurers
EVERGREEN MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$4,225	$2,746	—	—	3 insurers
MONROE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$6,400	$2,560	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$6,400	$2,560	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$5,538	$2,769	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$3,605	$2,524	$2,704	$8,294	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$3,605	$2,524	$2,704	$8,105	4 insurers
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA	AL	$6,600	$2,838	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$4,519	$2,485	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$5,811	$2,906	—	—	0 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$8,558	$2,910	—	—	5 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$2,361	$2,361	—	—	4 insurers
SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$7,717	$3,087	—	—	5 insurers
HOULTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	ME	$2,346	$2,229	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$12,615	$3,132	$3,131	$3,315	1 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$4,346	$2,173	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$12,727	$3,182	—	—	5 insurers
BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,208	$3,208	$1,428	$3,969	0 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$20,731	$2,073	$2,995	$16,999	5 insurers
MAGNOLIA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	MS	$9,713	$3,302	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$2,424	$2,012	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$2,424	$2,012	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$2,424	$2,012	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$2,424	$2,012	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$2,424	$2,012	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,424	$2,012	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$2,424	$2,012	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$2,424	$2,012	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$2,424	$2,012	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$2,424	$2,012	—	—	3 insurers
KING'S DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER-BROOKHAVEN	MS	$6,662	$1,999	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,042	$1,977	—	—	5 insurers
ANNIE JEFFREY MEMORIAL COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	NE	$3,500	$3,360	—	—	0 insurers
COSHOCTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$3,733	$3,370	$1,120	$3,733	5 insurers