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Surgery To Bring Down An Undescended Testicle

Maryland rates for HCPCS 54640

Brings a testicle that has not reached the scrotum down into position and stitches it there so it stays. Working through a small incision in the groin or the scrotum, the surgeon frees the testicle and its cord so they reach far enough, then secures the testicle in a pocket in the scrotum. It is usually done in early childhood.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgery To Bring Down An Undescended Testicle cost?

$2,287

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,287 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$468$427 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,349 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,467Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $407 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $468

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
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96
6 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
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Wisconsin 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

Maryland· 46th of 51

$2,287

$468 physician + $1,820 facility

WI $7,406MT $1,352

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.