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Surgical Exploration Of The Epididymis

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 54865

A surgical look at the epididymis, the coiled tube behind the testicle where sperm mature, through a small cut in the scrotum. A tissue sample may be taken during the same operation if something abnormal is found.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Exploration Of The Epididymis cost?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$407 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,318 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,761Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $339 to $617
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $479

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
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
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
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
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
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
2 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$676

AK $1,905UT $309

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.