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Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen

Illinois 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?

$2,456

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,456 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$871$832 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$708 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $513 to $8,710Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,479
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,585professional $871

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
$776.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,162.28
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 28th of 51

$2,456

$871 physician + $1,585 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.