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Needle Biopsy Of The Testicle

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

How much does Needle Biopsy Of The Testicle cost?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $617 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$81.28 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$91.20 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $54 to $3,631Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $56 to $1,698
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $617professional $107

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$239.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,786.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$263.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$275.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,786.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$302.00
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$851.14
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$23.99

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Tennessee than in New York. 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.

Massachusetts· 29th of 51

$120

TN $832NY $74.13

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.