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Abdominal Fluid Drainage Without Imaging

Iowa rates for HCPCS 49082

This is a procedure to remove excess fluid that has built up in the abdominal cavity, using a needle or small catheter inserted through the belly wall based on physical examination alone, without ultrasound or X-ray guidance. The fluid may be removed to relieve pressure and discomfort, or sent to a laboratory to help find the cause of the buildup. It can be done for either relief of symptoms or diagnostic testing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Abdominal Fluid Drainage Without Imaging cost?

$2,293

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,293 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$204$112 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$263 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $120 to $6,457Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $72 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $204

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
$354.81
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$588.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$478.63
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$602.56

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 16.0 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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

Iowa· 19th of 51

$2,293

$204 physician + $2,089 facility

NJ $6,062WV $379

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.