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Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen

Louisiana 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?

$3,562

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,562 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$759 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,096 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,607Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $871

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 26th of 50

$3,562

$871 physician + $2,692 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.