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Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen

Tennessee 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?

$3,231

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,231 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$759 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,738 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,786Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,514
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $832

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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 28th of 50

$3,231

$832 physician + $2,399 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.