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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Ohio 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$89.13 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$135 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $72 to $3,715Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $81 to $204
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $427professional $123

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
$154.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$158.49
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$45.71
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78
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
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 43rd of 51

$123

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.