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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

New Jersey 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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$123$91.20 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$3,311 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $148 to $10,965Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $79 to $234
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $6,026professional $123

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
$141.25
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey $126 · 43rd 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.