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Surgery To Bring Down An Undescended Testicle

Tennessee 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?

$3,201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$631$468 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,622 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $5,754Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $417 to $6,026
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $631

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
$1,148.15
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
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
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
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
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$3,201

$631 physician + $2,570 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.