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Needle Biopsy Of The Testicle

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 54500

A thin needle is passed through the skin of the scrotum to take a small sample of tissue from a testicle, which is then examined under a microscope. It is most often used to look into fertility problems or an abnormal finding in the testicle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Biopsy Of The Testicle cost?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$105$87.10 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$977 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,266Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $66 to $138
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $105

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$128.82
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$154.88

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 40.7 times more in Colorado than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 5th of 51

$891

CO $3,236DE $79.43

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.