CPT 55520 · 1,111 hospitals reporting

Removal of growth of sperm cord

The same procedure costs $142 at one hospital and $18,200 at another — a 128× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,257.

Cheapest published

$142

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

Median across 1,111 hospitals

$2,257

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

Most expensive

$18,200

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

Price distribution

267 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
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$4,513	$2,257	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$3,193	$2,235	$2,395	$5,618	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$3,193	$2,235	$2,395	$4,784	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,788	$2,230	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,788	$2,230	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,788	$2,230	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,788	$2,230	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,788	$2,230	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,788	$2,230	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,788	$2,230	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,788	$2,230	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,788	$2,230	—	—	3 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,788	$2,230	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,788	$2,230	—	—	5 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$2,569	$2,184	—	—	0 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$4,686	$2,343	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,991	$1,991	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$1,991	$1,991	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,911	$1,956	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	0 insurers
PEACE HARBOR MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$2,961	$1,925	—	—	2 insurers
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,444	$2,653	$521	$3,791	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,851	$1,851	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH CENTRAL REG MED CTR	MS	$4,331	$1,819	—	—	3 insurers
SOUTH CENTRAL HEALTH	ND	$4,331	$1,819	—	—	3 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$3,026	$1,816	$1,664	$8,427	5 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$3,598	$1,799	—	—	0 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$1,785	$1,785	—	—	4 insurers
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$10,335	$2,751	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,863	$1,718	—	—	5 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$8,270	$2,812	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$1,693	$1,693	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$1,693	$1,693	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$4,814	$1,685	—	—	1 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$4,814	$1,685	—	—	1 insurers
IZARD REGIONAL HOSPITAL LLC	AR	$2,837	$2,837	—	—	2 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$1,935	$1,644	—	—	4 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$16,310	$1,631	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,687	$1,612	$1,478	$8,427	5 insurers