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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Illinois 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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$138$102 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$186 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $135 to $5,370Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $85 to $234
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,096professional $138

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
$109.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois $148 · 24th 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.