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Draining Fluid From Around A Testicle

Utah 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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$112$87.10 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$158 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $112 to $4,169Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $78 to $178
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $112

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
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
6 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
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.85
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 50th of 51

$112

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.