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Open Drainage of Lymph Fluid Pocket Into Abdomen

Virginia 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?

$2,200

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,200 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$759 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$891 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $759 to $12,023Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $851

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
$831.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 42nd of 50

$2,200

$851 physician + $1,349 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.