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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 July 2026.

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

$3,021

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,021 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$1,072$794 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,259 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $1,072

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
$1,258.93
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 31st of 50

$3,021

$1,072 physician + $1,950 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.