The Cost of Prostate Biopsies and their Complications: A Summary of Data on All Medicare Fee-for-Service Patients over 2 Years

This 2020 retrospective study analyzed 234,819 prostate biopsy episodes among Medicare fee-for-service patients between January 2014 and December 2015. The average cost per biopsy episode was $2,020, with nearly half of the costs (46%) incurred in the 30 days following the procedure. Biopsies performed in office settings were less expensive