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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Maine 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $708 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$112 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$191 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,047Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $85 to $224
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $708professional $135

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
10 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
$41.69
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 33rd of 51

$135

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.