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Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen

Massachusetts 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?

$2,273

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,273 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$1,318$955 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$603 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $741 to $5,248
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $955professional $1,318

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
$2,041.74
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,019.95
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
8 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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 31st of 51

$2,273

$1,318 physician + $955 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.