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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Maryland 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?

$138

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $120 to $1,230.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,230Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $132

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$158.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,548.82
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
1 more rate 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Washington 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.

Maryland· 51st of 51

$138

WA $1,622MD $138

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.