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Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen

South Carolina 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?

$1,723

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,723 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$832$708 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$603 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,318Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,202
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $891professional $832

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
$912.01
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
11 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
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 46th of 51

$1,723

$832 physician + $891 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.