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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 October 2026.

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

$1,520

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,520 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$209 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$537 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,898Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $166 to $2,512
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $398

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
$416.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,995.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,244.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,801.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,884.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$575.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$2,344.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,659.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,454.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,995.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
10 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
$79.43
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$380.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$239.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 43rd of 51

$1,520

$398 physician + $1,122 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.