# Prostate biopsy: what AvMed pays, by state

Taking small tissue samples from the prostate to check for cancer.

- Insurer: AvMed
- Billing code: 55700 (Surgery & procedures)
- Price shown: negotiated in-network price, surgery center / hospital outpatient, doctor's fee
- Prices as of: 2026-10-01
- All of the insurer's plans pooled; the map also shows single networks

| State | Providers | Named in files | Lowest | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 3 | 55 | $127.16 | $145.38 | $190.84 | $243.70 | $254.44 |
| Arizona | 7 | 68 | $131.64 | $144.64 | $191.89 | $250.43 | $276.07 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 22 | $138.13 | $151.65 | $194.87 | $248.03 | $276.07 |
| California | 12 | 185 | $127.16 | $139.48 | $225.12 | $247.26 | $276.07 |
| Colorado | 4 | 52 | $127.16 | $139.77 | $196.65 | $245.87 | $269.73 |
| Connecticut | 6 | 52 | $127.16 | $146.10 | $191.89 | $243.70 | $263.96 |
| Delaware | 1 | 14 | $131.64 | $138.95 | $193.95 | $254.01 | $269.73 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 23 | $132.01 | $145.38 | $191.64 | $241.05 | $254.44 |
| Florida | 1,816 | 25,144 | $89.01 | $139.86 | $200.92 | $245.74 | $288.82 |
| Georgia | 18 | 193 | $127.16 | $139.86 | $158.65 | $243.70 | $276.07 |
| Illinois | 12 | 123 | $127.16 | $139.86 | $227.07 | $247.26 | $276.07 |
| Indiana | 7 | 74 | $127.16 | $139.86 | $194.87 | $245.74 | $276.07 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 53 | $127.16 | $143.96 | $191.89 | $245.49 | $276.07 |
| Louisiana | 5 | 40 | $127.16 | $140.87 | $191.89 | $245.47 | $269.73 |
| Maryland | 3 | 68 | $138.13 | $146.77 | $191.89 | $244.59 | $276.07 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | 79 | $127.16 | $137.36 | $229.02 | $245.74 | $276.07 |
| Michigan | 9 | 107 | $127.16 | $141.21 | $225.12 | $245.74 | $276.07 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 112 | $133.09 | $148.50 | $197.62 | $247.43 | $269.73 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 22 | $138.13 | $149.52 | $191.89 | $248.32 | $276.07 |
| Missouri | 4 | 57 | $127.16 | $149.07 | $194.87 | $241.78 | $263.96 |
| Montana | 1 | 5 | $127.16 | $132.12 | $184.44 | $241.56 | $257.10 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 7 | $127.16 | $137.95 | $190.84 | $242.81 | $257.10 |
| Nevada | 1 | 29 | $150.13 | $158.11 | $201.37 | $245.74 | $261.59 |
| New Jersey | 9 | 104 | $127.16 | $139.86 | $191.89 | $245.74 | $276.07 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 17 | $127.16 | $137.95 | $196.82 | $244.35 | $261.59 |
| New York | 40 | 234 | $127.16 | $139.86 | $225.12 | $246.88 | $276.07 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 117 | $138.13 | $147.87 | $191.89 | $246.37 | $276.07 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 11 | $127.16 | $140.87 | $190.84 | $241.05 | $254.44 |
| Ohio | 14 | 125 | $127.16 | $137.55 | $229.02 | $245.74 | $276.07 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 22 | $131.21 | $151.58 | $200.64 | $248.28 | $261.59 |
| Oregon | 1 | 24 | $132.01 | $159.05 | $186.08 | $213.12 | $240.16 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | 180 | $127.16 | $144.64 | $194.87 | $245.74 | $276.07 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 35 | $127.16 | $144.64 | $225.12 | $249.21 | $276.07 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 14 | $141.21 | $148.24 | $191.64 | $240.43 | $254.44 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 52 | $131.64 | $145.56 | $191.89 | $248.32 | $276.07 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 81 | $131.64 | $143.54 | $239.95 | $253.45 | $269.73 |
| Texas | 9 | 219 | $127.16 | $137.51 | $191.89 | $245.74 | $276.07 |
| Virginia | 3 | 76 | $127.16 | $139.86 | $191.89 | $245.49 | $276.07 |
| Washington | 2 | 43 | $127.16 | $134.14 | $188.49 | $245.52 | $269.73 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 14 | $141.21 | $146.77 | $191.64 | $243.70 | $254.44 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 40 | $127.16 | $137.95 | $190.84 | $243.70 | $257.10 |

AvMed’s files name **27,992 providers** for this procedure; **2,052** are counted here: the clinicians whose specialty performs it and the practices, clinics and hospitals. Insurers attach their whole fee schedule to every contracted provider, so the rest are clinicians listed at a price for something they never do; counting them would inflate the provider count and pull the typical price towards the fee schedule’s floor.

Prices are what the insurer has agreed to pay, not what you will be billed. This is a statewide summary: prices vary far more between towns and between practices than these medians suggest, and "providers" counts everyone with a contracted price, not only those who perform the procedure.

Map: https://medicalpricetransparency.netlify.app/insurers/avmed/statemap_55700_US.html  
About this insurer's data, and its other procedures: [index.md](index.md)