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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Michigan 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$123$102 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$151 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $107 to $4,898Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $83 to $178
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,266professional $123

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
$107.15
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan $126 · 41st 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.