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I wouldn't dedicate an entire thread to such a simple question, except I can't seem to find an answer anywhere for some reason. So, how much does it usually cost? All I can track down is that it's cheaper than GCS.

I have seen prices on this site ranging from around $2,500 if it's preformed in the doctor office under a local to $7,000 in a hospital under general. From what I understand, a local isn't entirely pain free and some doctors refuse to preform the surgery with a local. If you want a price that's closer, you will need to contact the doctor because prices will vary from doctor to doctor.

My orchi topic covers every detail of the process. Pictures start on page 4 or 5.

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,224375.0.html

Here are my numbers from that thread.

Quote from: Devlyn on October 21, 2017, 04:13:13 PM
Statements and bills keep rolling in. Today the payment statement from insurance indicates that Dr Oates charges are $2,530.00 and I am going to pay $279.43.

So, by my estimate it's

$310 for two psych letters  (I paid $120)
$75 for surgical consultation  (I paid $75)
$2,530 for the orchiectomy (I paid $279.43)
$1,120 for anesthesia  (I paid $177.16)
$3,044 for the operating room  (I paid $1787.90)

$7,079 total.  (I paid $2439.49)

Somewhere in there they hid the charge for those cookies!  ;D

Hugs, Devlyn

I found a urologist in St Louis who would do the bilateral orchiectomy for a total of around $3500 for cash out of pocket. She used a local surgical center and general anesthesia.

I ended up getting it done by another urologist and with insurance coverage. This urologist did not need a letter because I had several years history of testicular pain. I had a sonogram done in 2017 and one back in 2013. Everything was normal in both although in the 2017 sonogram my testes had shrunk by a cm length and girth compared to the 2013 one. I got 100% coverage with two insurances. First I pay for a COBRA BCBS policy that would exclude any trans related billing but not the pain related ones. Second I'm on the state Medicaid which made up my $1500 out of pocket and coinsurance fees. Total paid to the doctor and the surgical center by both insurances was right near $20,000.

That might illustrate the difference between insurance billing and cash billing.

So, you got it for no cost to you, but it cost $20,000 to your insurance, for something that only needs to cost $3,500? That's pretty whack.

Thanks for all the replies!