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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Kansas 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 Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$135$110 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$191 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $132 to $8,511Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $98 to $186
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,162professional $135

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
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas $148 · 23rd 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.