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Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen

Kentucky 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?

$2,030

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$741$708 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$724 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $457 to $9,772Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,072
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $741

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
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,466.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 40th of 51

$2,030

$741 physician + $1,288 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.