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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 October 2026.

How much does Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen cost?

$1,552

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,552 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$776$724 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$479 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,310Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,380
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $776professional $776

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
$758.58
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$575.44
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$812.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$575.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
10 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
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$81.28
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$616.60
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$81.28

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 47th of 51

$1,552

$776 physician + $776 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.