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Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen

Alaska rates for HCPCS 49062

An open operation to drain a lymphocele — a pocket of lymph fluid that has collected in the space behind the abdominal lining — by creating a drainage path into the peritoneal cavity inside the abdomen.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen cost?

$6,957

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,957 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$2,692$1,096 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,074
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,266professional $2,692

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,290.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,570.88
12 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
$371.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Maine 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

Alaska· 4th of 51

$6,957

$2,692 physician + $4,266 facility

ME $16,849MD $1,375

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.