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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $138 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 9 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$148$102 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$97.72 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $87 to $4,169Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $87 to $380
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $138professional $148

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
$87.10
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$851.14
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,148.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $148 · 22nd 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.