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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Montana 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$115 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$132 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $120 to $263Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $81 to $209
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $155professional $138

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
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 31st of 51

$138

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.