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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Connecticut 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 July 2026.

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

$5,806

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,806 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$141 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,311 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $8,511Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $117 to $2,188
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $794

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 6.7 times more in New Jersey 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 50

$5,806

$794 physician + $5,012 facility

NJ $6,366MD $947

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.