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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 July 2026.

How much does Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle cost?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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$126$93.33 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$126 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $87 to $5,012Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $87 to $275
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,514professional $126

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
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$125.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada $126 · 44th 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.