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Removal Of Spermatocele

Louisiana 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?

$2,299

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$363 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,230 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,248Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $309 to $550
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $437

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
$524.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
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
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 25th of 51

$2,299

$437 physician + $1,862 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.