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Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen

Pennsylvania 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?

$6,165

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,165 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$724 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,514 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,511Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $794

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
$812.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$36,307.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,398.83
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 14th of 50

$6,165

$794 physician + $5,370 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.