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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Indiana 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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$117$83.18 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$490 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $132 to $5,129Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $78 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $117

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
$83.18
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$134.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$2,089.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
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
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 36th of 51

$129

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.