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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 July 2026.

How much does Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 8 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$174$126 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$174 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $132 to $2,399Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $93 to $324
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $224professional $174

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
$144.54
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,818.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon $182 · 10th 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.