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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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$132$102 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$195 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,754Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $78 to $240
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $1,380professional $132

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
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$169.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico $141 · 29th 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.