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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

South Dakota 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 South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $174 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$141 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$120 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $93 to $759Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $102 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $174professional $200

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
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03
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
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.22

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 6th 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.