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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Nebraska 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$110 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$135 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,236Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $76 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $525professional $141

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
$114.82
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
5 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
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.48

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 24th of 51

$148

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.