SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 3 cities for code 55700, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range Regional Health Services
HIBBING, MN HC BIOPSY PROSTATE NEEDLE/PUNCH |
$413.53 | $973.00 | 57% | Jan 29, 2026 file |
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| Range Regional Health Services
HIBBING, MN PR BIOPSY OF PROSTATE,NEEDLE/PUNCH |
$463.25 | $1,090.00 | 58% | Jan 29, 2026 file |
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| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital
DULUTH, MN PROSTATE NEEDLE BIOPSY ANY APPROACH |
$794.24 | $1,460.00 | 46% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital
DULUTH, MN Pro Biopsy of Prostate |
$794.24 | $1,460.00 | 46% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
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| Essentia Health Virginia
N VIRGINIA, MN BX OF PROSTATE,NEEDLE/PUNCH(T) |
$865.38 | $1,378.00 | 37% | Jan 1, 2026 file |
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| Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital
DULUTH, MN BX OF PROSTATE,NEEDLE/PUNCH(T) |
$909.48 | $1,378.00 | 34% | Jan 1, 2026 file |
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| Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center
DULUTH, MN BX OF PROSTATE,NEEDLE/PUNCH(T) |
$909.48 | $1,378.00 | 34% | Jan 1, 2026 file |
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| Essentia Health Duluth
DULUTH, MN BX OF PROSTATE,NEEDLE/PUNCH(T) |
$909.48 | $1,378.00 | 34% | Jan 1, 2026 file |
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| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital
DULUTH, MN Fac Biopsy of Prostate |
$1,277.86 | $2,349.00 | 46% | Apr 1, 2026 file |
Outpatient: lowest $413.53, median $865.38, highest $1,277.86 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $865.38. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 55700 ($1,790.40). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Range Regional Health Services
HIBBING, MN AS BIOPSY PROSTATE NEEDLE/PUNCH |
$38.25 | file |