Prostate removal (laparoscopic) in Chicago, IL-IN costs $2,547 to $91,783. Here's every hospital's price.
5 hospitals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area publish a cash price for prostate removal (laparoscopic) (CPT 55866). We read their files every month so you don't have to.
Across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, 5 hospitals list a cash price for prostate removal (laparoscopic) (CPT 55866). The lowest is $2,547 at University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, the median is $84,658 and the highest is $91,783 at Northwestern Medicine Mchenry. The most expensive hospital lists 36 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Chicago, IL-IN median of $84,658 is 587% above the national median of $12,320 across 105 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
24 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $504 to $162,077. 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 November 2025 and April 2026. 57 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 onlyChicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026
Valparaiso · 43 mi · File Apr 2026
Geneva · 27 mi · File Apr 2026
Dekalb · 47 mi · File Apr 2026
Mchenry · 45 mi · File Apr 2026
Melrose Park · 10 mi · File Mar 2026
La Grange · 3 mi · File Apr 2026
Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026
Hinsdale · 5 mi · File Apr 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 55866. 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 55866, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."
About prostate removal (laparoscopic)
CPT 55866 is a laparoscopic or robotic radical prostatectomy: removal of the whole prostate for cancer, with lymph nodes when needed. It is a two- to four-hour operation with a one- or two-night hospital stay and several weeks of recovery. Most hospitals bill it as an inpatient stay under a DRG rather than by this CPT code, so the number here is often a component rather than the whole episode.
What the price covers
The hospital's price is the facility fee for the operating room, robotic equipment, nursing and supplies for the operation itself. Room and board for the stay, the surgeon, anesthesia, pathology and follow-up are separate. Ask for the inpatient package price if you are paying cash.
Why prices vary
Robotic prostatectomy is concentrated at high-volume centers, and their listed prices are high but their outcomes are usually better. Surgeon experience matters more than price for this operation; use these numbers to check a bill and to compare between experienced surgeons, not to pick the cheapest.
Questions to ask
- What is the total self-pay price for the episode, not just 55866?
- What do surgeon, anesthesia and pathology add?
- How many of these operations does the surgeon do per year?
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.
- Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1File found, not read yet
- Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterFile found, not read yet
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicagocode not in file
- Community First Medical Centercode not in file
- Community HospitalNo price file found
- Copley Memorial HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Franciscan Health Crown PointFile could not be read
- Franciscan Health DyerFile could not be read
- Franciscan Health MunsterFile could not be read
- Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsFile could not be read
- Franciscan Health Rensselaer, INCFile could not be read
- Holy Cross HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Humboldt Park Healthcode not in file
- Insight Hospital and Medical Center ChicagoWebsite blocks automated reading
- Jackson Park Hospitalcode not in file
- John H Stroger Jr HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Larabida Childrens Hospital Icode not in file
- Loretto HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Louis A Weiss Memorial HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Mercy Harvard HospitalNo website on record
- Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic-Crystal LaNo website on record
- Methodist Hospital of Chicagocode not in file
- Methodist Hospitals INCcode not in file
- Midwestern Region Med Center, INCNo price file found
- Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centerscode not in file
- Mt Sinai Hospital Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospitalcode not in file
- Northwest Community Hospital 1code not in file
- Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalFile could not be read
- Northwestern Memorial HospitalFile could not be read
- Palos Community HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Pinnacle Hospitalcode not in file
- Presence Mercy Medical CenterFile found, not read yet
- Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicagocode not in file
- Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterNo website on record
- Provident Hospital of ChicagoWebsite blocks automated reading
- Roseland Community HospitalNo price file found
- Rush Oak Park HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Rush University Medical CenterFile found, not read yet
- Saint Anthony HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonFile found, not read yet
- Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginFile found, not read yet
- Saint Joseph Medical CenterFile found, not read yet
- Shriners Hospital for ChildrenFile found, not read yet
- Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersWebsite blocks automated reading
- South Shore HospitalNo price file found
- St Alexius Medical Centercode not in file
- St Bernard HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- St Catherine Hospital INCNo price file found
- St Mary Medical Center INCNo price file found
- Swedish HospitalNo price file found
- Thorek Memorial Hospitalcode not in file
- Uchicago Medicine Northwest IndianaNo website on record
- Valley West Community HospitalNo website on record
- Vista Medical Center EastWebsite blocks automated reading
- West Suburban Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading