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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 July 2026.

How much does Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$129$105 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$145 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,995Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $87 to $209
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $200professional $129

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
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$223.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42

Where Montana 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.

Montana $138 · 30th 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.