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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 July 2026.

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

$4,355

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,355 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$724$129 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,950 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $170 to $7,413Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,549
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $724

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
$138.04
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 11th of 50

$4,355

$724 physician + $3,631 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.