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Drainage of Fluid Collection Under Skin

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 10140

An incision is made to drain a collection of blood, clear fluid, or other fluid that has built up under the skin, such as after an injury or minor surgery. This relieves pressure and swelling and helps the area heal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage of Fluid Collection Under Skin cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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$162$132 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$891 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $182 to $4,898Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $117 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $162

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
$181.97
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. 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· 27th of 51

$200

HI $1,000DE $145

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.