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Simple Removal of a Testicle

Oregon rates for HCPCS 54520

Removes one or both testicles through an incision in the scrotum or the groin. A prosthetic testicle may be placed at the same time if the patient wants one. It is done for reasons such as cancer, injury, infection or hormone-lowering treatment, and is usually an outpatient operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Simple Removal of a Testicle cost?

$1,234

Typical total for the visit. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,234 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$468 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$589 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,318Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $309 to $912
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $646professional $589

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
$575.44
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$13,182.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$13,803.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
13 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
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Oregon· 50th of 51

$1,234

$589 physician + $646 facility

AK $5,518MT $1,050

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.