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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Indiana 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?

$2,946

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,946 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$145 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$912 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,248Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $759

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
$128.82
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,621.81
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$57.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 9th of 51

$2,946

$759 physician + $2,188 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.