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Prostate biopsy in Chicago, IL-IN costs $605 to $7,255. Here's every hospital's price.

22 hospitals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area publish a cash price for prostate biopsy (CPT 55700). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, 22 hospitals list a cash price for prostate biopsy (CPT 55700). The lowest is $605 at University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, the median is $1,908 and the highest is $7,255 at Edward Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 12 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Chicago, IL-IN median of $1,908 is 23% below the national median of $2,485 across 338 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

30 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $54 to $19,708. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between January 2025 and August 2026. 51 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$605
lowest cash price in Chicago, IL-IN
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics · 12 mi
$1,303 below the median
$1,908
median cash price
22 hospitals
12×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
22/82
hospitals with a cash price
51 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$605
list $765 · lowest of 3 lines
2
Advocate Trinity Hospital

Chicago · 14 mi · File Nov 2025

$735
list $1,470 · lowest of 6 lines
3
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

Barrington · 33 mi · File Nov 2025

$735
list $1,470 · lowest of 6 lines
4
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

Melrose Park · 10 mi · File Mar 2026

$823
list $4,334 · lowest of 6 lines
5
Community First Medical Center

Chicago · 13 mi · File Apr 2026

$865
list $1,730
6
Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood · 7 mi · File Mar 2026

$997
list $4,334 · lowest of 6 lines
7
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago

Chicago · 16 mi · File Jan 2026

$1,086
list $3,291 · lowest of 7 lines
8
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital

Evanston · 23 mi · Older file Jan 2025

$1,225
list $1,884 · lowest of 4 lines
9
Advocate Sherman Hospital

Elgin · 33 mi · File Nov 2025

$1,715
list $3,430 · lowest of 8 lines
10
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago

Chicago · 15 mi · File Apr 2026

$1,783
list $2,547 · lowest of 2 lines
11
The University of Chicago Medical Center

Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$1,908
list $1,908 · lowest of 8 lines
12
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center

Oak Lawn · 6 mi · File Nov 2025

$1,980
list $3,960 · lowest of 16 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 55700. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 55700, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About prostate biopsy

CPT 55700 is a needle biopsy of the prostate, usually guided by ultrasound through the rectum (or through the skin of the perineum), taking twelve or more tissue samples to check for cancer after an elevated PSA or an abnormal exam. It takes 15 to 20 minutes, typically with local anesthesia.

What the price covers

The hospital's price is the facility fee for the procedure room, ultrasound and supplies. The urologist, the ultrasound guidance (76872) and the pathology for each sample are billed separately. Pathology on twelve cores can cost more than the biopsy itself, so ask how it is billed. An MRI-fusion biopsy uses additional codes.

Why prices vary

Many urologists perform prostate biopsies in their own office, where the total is often far below a hospital's facility fee. Hospital prices within a metro area vary several times.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 55700, plus ultrasound guidance and pathology?
  • Is pathology billed per core or as one charge?
  • Can the biopsy be done in the urologist's office?

Hospitals in Chicago, IL-IN without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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