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Removal Of Spermatocele

Colorado rates for HCPCS 54840

Removes a spermatocele, a fluid-filled sac that forms in the coiled tube sitting on top of the testicle. The surgeon works through a small incision in the scrotum and separates the sac from the surrounding structures; part or all of that coiled tube may be taken out with it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Spermatocele cost?

$4,844

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,844 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$389 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,239 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $8,913Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $355 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $479

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
$478.63
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
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
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$4,844

$479 physician + $4,365 facility

OK $5,094MT $991

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.