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Removal Of Spermatocele

Massachusetts 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?

$1,423

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,423 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$355 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$407 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $229 to $4,266Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,388
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $490

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
$1,023.29
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$741.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,071.52
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,025.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,348.96
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$724.44

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 49th of 51

$1,423

$490 physician + $933 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.