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Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen

Iowa 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?

$3,484

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,484 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$1,122 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,096 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $1,622

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
$1,258.93
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
6 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
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 20th of 51

$3,484

$1,622 physician + $1,862 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.