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Removal Of A Hydrocele, One Side

Oregon 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?

$1,263

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,263 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$479 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$603 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $468 to $9,550Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $324 to $955
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $661professional $603

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
$588.84
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$13,182.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$15,135.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
12 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
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$1,263

$603 physician + $661 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.