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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Nevada 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $832 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$120$89.13 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$229 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $85 to $4,365Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $81 to $182
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $120

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
$87.10
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$177.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
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
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.59

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 37th of 51

$126

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.