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Surgery To Bring Down An Undescended Testicle

North Dakota 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?

$2,808

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,808 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$692 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$437 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $437 to $6,457Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $813

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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 33rd of 51

$2,808

$813 physician + $1,995 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.