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Bilateral Epididymectomy

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 54861

Surgically removes both epididymides -- the coiled tubes attached to each testicle that store and carry sperm. It is most often done to treat chronic pain, infection, or a mass in that area on both sides.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bilateral Epididymectomy cost?

$3,530

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,530 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$776$631 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,950 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $977 to $6,310Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $537 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $776

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
$676.08
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Wisconsin 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· 19th of 51

$3,530

$776 physician + $2,754 facility

WI $7,274MT $1,783

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.