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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

North Carolina 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$138$112 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$117 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $81 to $3,090Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $85 to $282
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $282professional $138

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
$81.28
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $141 · 27th 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.