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Removal Of Spermatocele

Utah 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?

$3,972

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,972 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$257$219 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,202 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $427 to $7,943Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $44 to $479
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $257

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
$426.58
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
7 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
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Utah 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

Utah· 6th of 51

$3,972

$257 physician + $3,715 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.