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Varicocele Repair With Hernia Repair

Louisiana 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$794$617 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,288 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,918Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $501 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $794

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
$812.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$1,072

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.