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Surgery To Bring Down An Undescended Testicle

Rhode Island 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?

$3,435

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,435 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$537 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,622 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $832 to $7,762Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $457 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $617

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
3 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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 23rd of 51

$3,435

$617 physician + $2,818 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.