Prostate biopsy cost in North Dakota
In North Dakota, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for prostate biopsy: from $1,374.00 to $3,299.40, with a median of $2,745.00. The lowest price is at CHI St Alexius Health (Bismarck). The highest price is 2.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $2,745.00, is 13% above the US median of $2,419.00.
- North Dakota ranks 27th of 43 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 55700. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 5, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,374.00CHI St Alexius Health
Median$2,745.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,299.40in North Dakota
Lowest saves$1,371.00vs the median
Hospitals in North Dakota, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI St Alexius Health lowest Bismarck · Bismarck, ND HC BIOPSY PROSTATE | $1,374.00 | $2,748.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Fargo Fargo · Fargo, ND-MN BX OF PROSTATE,NEEDLE/PUNCH(T) | $1,968.75 | $2,625.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Altru Hospital Grand Forks · Grand Forks, ND-MN HC BIOPSY OF PROSTRATE NEEDLE/PUNCH | $2,745.00 | $4,500.00 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Altru Hospital Devils Lake Devils Lake · Devils Lake, ND HC BIOPSY OF PROSTRATE NEEDLE/PUNCH | $2,745.00 | $4,500.00 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| McKenzie County Healthcare System Watford City · Watford City, ND SURG 55700 BX PROSTATE NEEDLE PUNCH | $3,299.40 | $5,076.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bismarck, ND | 1 | $1,374.00 | $1,374.00 |
| Devils Lake, ND | 1 | $2,745.00 | $2,745.00 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 1 | $1,968.75 | $1,968.75 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 1 | $2,745.00 | $2,745.00 |
| Watford City, ND | 1 | $3,299.40 | $3,299.40 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What prostate biopsy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Prostate biopsy explained.
Prostate biopsy in other states
- Alabama$2,765.00
- Alaska$2,600.00
- Arizona$3,313.00
- Arkansas$2,198.80
- California$6,059.55
- Colorado$3,324.26
- Connecticut$5,494.12
- Delaware$5,118.12, 3 hospitals
- Florida$5,368.20
- Georgia$2,813.07
- Hawaii$5,168.80, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$2,921.13
- Illinois$3,203.10
- Indiana$3,562.62
- Iowa$1,875.00
- Kansas$1,290.00
- Kentucky$2,170.57
- Louisiana$762.30
- Maine$438.90
- Maryland$677.97, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$2,911.90
- Michigan$1,526.85
- Minnesota$1,735.02
- Mississippi$1,885.12
- Missouri$2,748.75
- Montana$664.80
- Nebraska$1,307.42
- Nevada$2,180.00, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$1,239.95, 4 hospitals
- New Jersey$2,733.47
- New Mexico$2,049.60
- New York$2,424.12
- North Carolina$1,447.42
- Ohio$2,014.95
- Oklahoma$3,264.11
- Oregon$2,451.80
- Pennsylvania$3,832.50
- Puerto Rico$1,000.00
- Rhode Island$2,793.39, 2 hospitals
- South Carolina$1,541.50
- South Dakota$4,941.60
- Tennessee$630.08
- Texas$2,627.06
- Utah$2,303.68, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$548.07
- Virginia$2,541.00
- Washington$1,836.00
- West Virginia$3,001.00
- Wisconsin$1,526.85
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.