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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Oregon 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$178$138 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$166 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $135 to $933Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $102 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $224professional $178

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
$147.91
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,818.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
11 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
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 7th of 51

$200

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.