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Removal Of A Hydrocele, One Side

Illinois 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?

$3,537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$380 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,905 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,607Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $331 to $676
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $447

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
$446.68
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
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
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$275.42

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 18th of 51

$3,537

$447 physician + $3,090 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.