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Open Radical Prostate Removal Through The Abdomen

Alaska rates for HCPCS 55840

Removes the whole prostate gland and the seminal vesicles behind it through an incision in the lower abdomen, then joins the bladder directly to the urine channel. The small nerves alongside the gland that affect erections are spared where the disease allows. It is the operation used to treat prostate cancer that is still confined to the gland.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Radical Prostate Removal Through The Abdomen cost?

$11,284

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,284 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,677 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$4,677$3,090 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $7,413
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $6,607professional $4,677

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,332.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,128.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.0 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$11,284

$4,677 physician + $6,607 facility

ME $24,530MD $1,881

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.