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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Kansas 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.

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th–90th $195$7,4130%5%10%10th90th$3,090Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th–90th $123$1,8200%10%10th90th$1,000$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Facility and professional rates are different services and are charted separately. Need provider-level prices? Contact us.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,137.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59