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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Maine 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?

$1,231

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,231 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$490$155 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$708 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,950Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,995
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $741professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,290.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,290.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$144.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$724.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$288.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$213.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$144.54

Where Maine 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

Maine· 46th of 51

$1,231

$490 physician + $741 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.