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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Arkansas 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 4 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$117$100 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$182 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,862Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $81 to $186
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $661professional $117

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
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas $145 · 25th 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.