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Washing Out And Sampling The Abdominal Cavity

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 49084

Runs sterile fluid into the abdominal cavity through a small tube and then draws it back out, so it can be examined for blood, infection or leaked bowel contents. Imaging may be used to guide the tube into place. It is a quick way to find out what is going on inside the abdomen.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Washing Out And Sampling The Abdominal Cavity cost?

$769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$123 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$155 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $117 to $3,548Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $102 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $603professional $166

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
$1,548.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$416.87
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$338.84
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 8.8 times more in New York than in Montana. 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

Massachusetts· 43rd of 51

$769

$166 physician + $603 facility

NY $2,931MT $332

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.