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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 October 2026.

How much does Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $132 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$186$126 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$97.72 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,318Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $95 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $132professional $186

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
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15
9 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$165.96

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 9th of 51

$182

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.