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Removal Of A Hydrocele, One Side

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 55040

Removes the fluid-filled sac that has built up around one testicle and causes painless swelling of the scrotum. Through a small incision the surgeon drains the fluid and cuts away or folds back the sac lining so that it cannot refill. It treats one side only and is usually a day procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Hydrocele, One Side cost?

$2,256

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,256 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$339 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,514 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $977 to $4,898Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $309 to $617
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $437

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
$436.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$645.65
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
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Vermont than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Arkansas· 44th of 51

$2,256

$437 physician + $1,820 facility

VT $8,433MT $1,087

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.