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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Minnesota 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$240$162 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$112 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,738Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $112 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $240

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$426.58
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.02

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$245

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.