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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 55000

Drains the fluid that has built up in the sac around a testicle using a needle, relieving the swelling and the dragging discomfort it causes. A medicine is sometimes injected afterwards to discourage the fluid from returning. It is a brief office procedure done with numbing medicine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 68 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$102 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$372 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $117 to $8,511Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $85 to $288
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $2,692professional $135

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Oklahoma than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

OK $891HI $112

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.