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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Arizona 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$89.13 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$372 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $89 to $3,020Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $79 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $123

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
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
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.30

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 34th of 51

$132

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.