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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Florida 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?

$1,524

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,524 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$110 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$135 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $76 to $6,026Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $832

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
$549.54
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
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
$54.95
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10

Where Florida 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

Florida· 42nd of 51

$1,524

$832 physician + $692 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.