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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Washington, DC 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?

$1,047

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $132 to $1,479.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $295 to $4,571Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$295.12
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,584.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,754.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in California than in New Hampshire. 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.

Washington, DC· 16th of 51

$1,047

CA $1,318NH $363

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.