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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Idaho 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?

$2,820

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,820 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$1,000$158 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$355 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $158 to $5,248Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $120 to $2,291
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $1,000

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
$416.87
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,162.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,122.02
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,073.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 28th of 50

$2,820

$1,000 physician + $1,820 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.