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Removal Of A Hydrocele, One Side

Utah 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?

$5,386

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,386 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$257$219 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$2,089 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $447 to $8,913Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $60 to $501
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,129professional $257

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
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,471.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
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
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23

Where Utah 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$5,386

$257 physician + $5,129 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.