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Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen

Delaware 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 July 2026.

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

$1,768

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,768 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$741 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$324 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $151 to $7,244Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $813

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 11.3 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

Delaware· 48th of 50

$1,768

$813 physician + $955 facility

ME $14,116MD $1,249

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.