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Washing Out And Sampling The Abdominal Cavity

Missouri 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?

$1,568

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,568 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$123$102 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$631 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,715Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $98 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $123

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
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
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
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 15th of 51

$1,568

$123 physician + $1,445 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.