Prostate removal (prostatectomy), laparoscopic in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
In Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Prostate removal (prostatectomy), laparoscopic: from $2,136.48 to $3,151.93, with a median of $2,644.21. The lowest listed price is at Fairview Health Services.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 55866, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 6, 2026 and Feb 6, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Health Services lowest Burnsville, MN PR LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL PROSTATECTOMY, RETROPUBIC RADICAL, W/NERVE SPARING | $2,136.48 | $5,027.00 | 57% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MN PR LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL PROSTATECTOMY, RETROPUBIC RADICAL, W/NERVE SPARING | $3,151.93 | $5,027.00 | 37% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,136.48, median $2,644.21, highest $3,151.93 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,644.21. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
A laparoscopic radical prostatectomy removes the entire prostate and nearby seminal vesicles through small cuts, often with robotic assistance. It is a common treatment for prostate cancer that has not spread.
What the price covers
The hospital price covers the operating room, robotic equipment use and hospital stay. The surgeon, anesthesia and pathology of the removed prostate and any lymph nodes are usually billed separately.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 55866 ($8,882.46). 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.
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MNAS LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL PROSTATECTOMY, RETROPUBIC RADICAL, W/NERVE SPARING | $30.14 | file |
| HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MNAS LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL PROSTATECTOMY, RETROPUBIC RADICAL, W/NERVE SPARING | $71.76 | file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MNAS LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL PROSTATECTOMY, RETROPUBIC RADICAL, W/NERVE SPARING | $100.30 | file |