SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 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 May 1, 2025 and May 1, 2025.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman Health System - Freeman West
JOPLIN, MO NEEDLE BIOPSY PROSTATE |
$1,386.90 | $2,311.50 | 40% | May 1, 2025 file |
|
| Freeman Neosho Hospital
NEOSHO, MO BIOPSY OF PROSTATE NEEDLE |
$1,465.80 | $2,443.00 | 40% | May 1, 2025 file |
|
| Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin
JOPLIN, MO Bx Prostate Needle/Punch |
$10,902.44 | $16,772.99 | 35% | — file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,386.90, median $1,465.80, highest $10,902.44 — a 7.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,426.35. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.