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Varicocele Repair With Hernia Repair

New Jersey 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$631$525 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$6,026 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $13,490Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $468 to $6,026
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,511professional $631

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
$4,365.16
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 36th of 51

$794

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.