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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

North Dakota 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $112 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 5 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$162$120 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$85.11 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $76 to $2,042Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $85 to $263
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $112professional $162

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
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota $155 · 20th 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.