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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Louisiana 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?

$2,277

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$166 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$891 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,467Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $832

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
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,862.09
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$2,277

$832 physician + $1,445 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.