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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Florida 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$85.11 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$85.11 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $66 to $4,786Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $71 to $195
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $224professional $102

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
$100.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$154.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$199.53
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$4,466.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$223.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
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
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.30

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 48th of 51

$112

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.