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Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen

South Dakota 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?

$2,707

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,707 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$1,148 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$759 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,738Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,089
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $1,660

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$758.58
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
6 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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 24th of 51

$2,707

$1,660 physician + $1,047 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.