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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 July 2026.

How much does Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 7 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$195$120 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$219 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $138 to $7,943Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $93 to $646
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,622professional $195

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
$138.04
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $200 · 8th 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.