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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Idaho 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 Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 8 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$155$120 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$151 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $112 to $2,884Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $93 to $240
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $363professional $155

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
$131.83
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho $158 · 15th 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.