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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Mississippi 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $437 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$148$107 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$155 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $76 to $1,622Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $81 to $251
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $148

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
$87.10
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 16th of 51

$162

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.