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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Georgia 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$141$112 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,202 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $214 to $7,079Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $87 to $234
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,692professional $141

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
$125.89
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia $158 · 18th 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.