Removal of fluid-filled sac, one side at Astera Health

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

Model: claude-haiku-5-5
Provider: anthropic
API: message_batches
Reasoning effort: low
Max output tokens: 4096
Prompt version (hash): 444523875572
Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Excision of Hydrocele; Unilateral (Pro CAH)

Wadena, MN

See all hospitals reporting CPT 55040 →

SharePost on X LinkedIn

Pricing by billing methodology

Price type

How this price compares nationally

Astera Health’s median price of $495 is 87% below the median hospital's median price ($3.7k), higher than 10% of the 2,033 hospitals reporting CPT 55040. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 55040 at Astera Health

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 48 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

Filter by billing methodology

Filter by billing class

#
1	Sanford Health Plan sanford health plan [100578] fee schedule · outpatient	$167	$167	—	—	—	$167 – $167
2	Ucare ucare pmap [300063] fee schedule · outpatient	$240	$240	—	—	—	$240 – $240
3	Medica medica mncare [100751] fee schedule · inpatient	$247	$247	—	—	—	$247 – $247
4	Medica medica mncare [100751] fee schedule · outpatient	$247	$247	—	—	—	$247 – $247
5	Medica medica pmap [100345] fee schedule · inpatient	$247	$247	—	—	—	$247 – $247
6	Medica medica pmap [100345] fee schedule · outpatient	$247	$247	—	—	—	$247 – $247
7	Ucare ucare pmap [300063] fee schedule · inpatient	$272	$272	—	—	—	$272 – $272
8	Blue Cross Blue Shield mr-bcbs mn [400069] fee schedule · inpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield mr-bcbs mn [400069] fee schedule · outpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
10	Blue Cross Blue Shield mr-bcbs mn [400069] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
11	Medica mr-medica advantage solutions [100895] fee schedule · inpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
12	Medica mr-medica advantage solutions [100895] fee schedule · outpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
13	Medica mr-medica advantage solutions [100895] percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
14	Medica mr-medica dual solutions msho [100344] fee schedule · outpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
15	Ucare mr-ucare [300064] fee schedule · inpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
16	Ucare mr-ucare [300064] fee schedule · outpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
17	Ucare mr-ucare msho [300061] fee schedule · inpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
18	Ucare mr-ucare msho [300061] fee schedule · outpatient	$320	$320	—	—	—	$320 – $320
19	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare [100453] fee schedule · inpatient	$438	$438	—	—	—	$438 – $438
20	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare [100453] fee schedule · outpatient	$438	$438	—	—	—	$438 – $438
21	Sanford Health Plan sanford health plan [100578] fee schedule · inpatient	$575	$575	—	—	—	$575 – $575
22	Medica mr-medica dual solutions msho [100344] fee schedule · inpatient	$583	$583	—	—	—	$583 – $583
23	Medica medica [100341] fee schedule · outpatient	$592	$592	—	—	—	$592 – $592
24	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs federal employees [400004] fee schedule · outpatient	$742	$742	—	—	—	$742 – $742
25	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs high value network fee schedule · outpatient	$742	$742	—	—	—	$742 – $742

Page 1 of 2 · 48 rates

Last updated: Feb 20, 2026

Compare to other hospitals

See Removal of fluid-filled sac, one side pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.