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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 July 2026.

How much does Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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 6 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$117$87.10 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$3,162 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $575 to $8,318Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $81 to $182
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $4,074professional $117

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
$125.89
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana $135 · 34th 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.