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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Tennessee 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 5 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$107 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$912 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $234 to $4,074Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $83 to $251
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,660professional $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
$151.36
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee $135 · 36th 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.