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Opening The Sperm Tube For A Dye Study

Alabama rates for HCPCS 55300

A minor operation that opens the tube carrying sperm from the testicle so that dye can be injected into it for X-ray pictures. The images show whether that tube, the coiled tube behind the testicle, or the glands that add fluid to semen are open or blocked along their length. It can be done on one side or on both.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening The Sperm Tube For A Dye Study cost?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $589 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$224$191 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$126 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,660Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $178 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $224

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$331.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 39th of 51

$224

CA $1,096DE $170

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.