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Varicocele Repair With Hernia Repair

Georgia rates for HCPCS 55540

Ties off the swollen veins around the testicle that cause a varicocele and repairs a groin hernia during the same operation. A varicocele is a tangle of enlarged veins in the scrotum that can ache, feel heavy, or affect fertility. Both problems sit in the same part of the groin and are reached through one incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Varicocele Repair With Hernia Repair cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 5 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$708$575 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$2,630 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $8,913Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $708

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
$933.25
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Georgia· 24th of 51

$977

CA $6,761WV $589

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.