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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Alaska rates for HCPCS 49185

A needle or fine tube is passed through the skin into a pocket of fluid such as a cyst, a collection of lymph fluid, or a seroma left after surgery, with imaging used to guide it and contrast injected first to show the size and shape of the pocket. A solution is then injected that irritates the lining so the pocket scars down and stops refilling. It can be done wherever such a collection forms, not only in the abdomen or pelvis.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution cost?

$2,839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$398 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$933 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $794 to $9,550Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $151 to $6,026
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $933

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$6,025.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$5,011.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$8,511.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
10 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
$58.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,570.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$602.56

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Hawaii 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

Alaska· 11th of 51

$2,839

$933 physician + $1,905 facility

HI $4,440MD $808

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.