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Prostate Removal With Pelvic Lymph Nodes

Delaware rates for HCPCS 55845

Removes the whole prostate gland and the seminal vesicles through an incision in the lower abdomen, and takes the lymph nodes from both sides of the pelvis during the same operation. The bladder is then reconnected to the urine passage. Examining the nodes shows whether the cancer has spread beyond the prostate.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Prostate Removal With Pelvic Lymph Nodes cost?

$2,416

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,416 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$1,288 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$389 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,266Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,455
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,622

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
$1,202.26
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 11.7 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

Delaware· 49th of 51

$2,416

$1,622 physician + $794 facility

ME $24,249MD $2,076

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.