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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Colorado 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?

$3,389

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,389 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$759$162 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,349 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,370Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $138 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $759

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,862.09
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,137.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,187.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,905.46
5 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
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 5th of 51

$3,389

$759 physician + $2,630 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.