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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 July 2026.

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

$2,377

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,377 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$1,202$813 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$871 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $708 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $1,202

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
$758.58
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 36th of 50

$2,377

$1,202 physician + $1,175 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.