Prostate biopsy in San Diego, CA costs $1,969. Here's every hospital's price.
1 hospitals in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 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 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, 1 hospitals list a cash price for prostate biopsy (CPT 55700). The lowest is $1,969 at Tri-City Medical Center, the median is $1,969 and the highest is $1,969.
The San Diego, CA median of $1,969 is in line with the national median of $1,904 across 817 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
1 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $492 to $6,640. 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 May 2026. 15 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.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyOceanside · 32 mi · File May 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 55700. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
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.
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 San Diego, CA without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Grossmont Hospitalcode not in file
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diegocode not in file
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San MarcosNo website on record
- Palomar Health Downtown CampusWebsite blocks automated reading
- Palomar Medical Center PowayWebsite blocks automated reading
- Paradise Valley Hospitalcode not in file
- Rady Children's Hospital - San DiegoFile in an unsupported format
- Scripps Green Hospitalcode not in file
- Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitascode not in file
- Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jollacode not in file
- Scripps Mercy Hospitalcode not in file
- Sharp Chula Vista Medical Centercode not in file
- Sharp Coronado Hospital and Hlthcr Ctrcode not in file
- Sharp Memorial Hospitalcode not in file
- UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrNo price file found