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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Kentucky 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?

$1,400

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,400 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$692$123 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$186 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $115 to $2,630Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,318
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $708professional $692

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
$114.82
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,754.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 44th of 51

$1,400

$692 physician + $708 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.