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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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 5 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$132$112 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$525 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $158 to $3,715Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $87 to $186
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,148professional $132

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
$120.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $158 · 14th 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.