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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Maryland 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?

$123

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $91.20 to $191.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $66 to $933Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $87 to $229
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $120

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$208.93
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
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$123

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.