Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Excision of hydrocele; unilateral
Fredericksburg, TX
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Methodist Hospital Hill Country’s median price of $3.4k is 9% below the median hospital's median price ($3.7k), higher than 33% of the 1,950 hospitals reporting CPT 55040. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: May 1, 2026
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