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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 October 2026.

How much does Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$110 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$107 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,047Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $85 to $191
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $120

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
$112.20
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
5 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
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Texas. 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.

Arkansas· 23rd of 51

$151

WI $363TX $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.