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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 October 2026.

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

$4,906

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,906 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$832$759 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,820 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $741 to $12,303Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $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
$891.25
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,125.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 10th of 51

$4,906

$832 physician + $4,074 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.