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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Iowa 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$170 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$186 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $123 to $3,715Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $129 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $479professional $219

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
$141.25
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
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
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.95

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$224

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.