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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Alaska 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 6 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$331$141 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$135 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $102 to $891Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $93 to $646
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $200professional $331

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$794.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$741.31

Where Alaska sits

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.

Alaska $316 · 2nd of 51
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.