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Exploration For Undescended Testicle

Colorado rates for HCPCS 54550

This procedure explores the groin or scrotal area to locate and evaluate a testicle that has not moved down into its normal position. The surgeon examines the undescended testicle and surrounding tissue, often to determine whether it can be brought down and secured in the scrotum. It is typically performed in infants or young children, though it can be done at other ages.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Exploration For Undescended Testicle cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$724$603 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$3,162 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $12,589Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $724

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,884.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in Oklahoma than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$977

OK $3,631UT $363

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.