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Bilateral Epididymectomy

Mississippi 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?

$2,577

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,577 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$955$589 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$977 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,677Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,479
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $955

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
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$288.40
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 38th of 51

$2,577

$955 physician + $1,622 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.