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.
Original text from hospital filings
EXCISION OF VARICOCELE OR LIGATION OF SPERMATIC VEINS FOR VARICOCELE; ABDOMINAL APPROACH
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Mercy’s median price of $4.9k is 23% below the median hospital's median price ($6.3k), higher than 33% of the 1,503 hospitals reporting CPT 55535. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 3 payers, 8 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.
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| 1 | Highmark complete blue medicare advantage/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 2 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 3 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 4 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | — | $4.8k – $4.8k |
| 5 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.4k | $6.4k | — | — | — | $6.4k – $6.4k |
| 6 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.4k | $6.4k | $149 | 2% | — | $6.2k – $6.5k |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.4k | $6.4k | — | — | — | $6.4k – $6.4k |
| 8 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.4k | $6.4k | — | — | — | $6.4k – $6.4k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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