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Removal Of A Hydrocele, One Side

Georgia 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?

$2,330

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,330 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$468$407 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$955 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,166Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $316 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $468

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
$346.74
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 43rd of 51

$2,330

$468 physician + $1,862 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.