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Simple Removal of a Testicle

Tennessee 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?

$2,912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$331 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,585 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $5,754Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,090
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $457

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
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
7 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
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$2,912

$457 physician + $2,455 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.