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Image-Guided Catheter Drainage Of A Soft Tissue Fluid Pocket

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 10030

This procedure places a small catheter through the skin, guided by imaging, to drain a collection of fluid such as an abscess, blood, or cyst fluid from soft tissue in an area like an arm, leg, abdominal wall, or neck. The catheter can be left in place to allow continued drainage over time. It's a minimally invasive alternative to open surgical drainage.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Image-Guided Catheter Drainage Of A Soft Tissue Fluid Pocket cost?

$1,124

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,124 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$209 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$204 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,862Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $479professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,096.48
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Hawaii than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$1,124

$646 physician + $479 facility

HI $3,479MD $616

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.