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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 July 2026.

How much does Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution cost?

$3,482

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,482 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$912$151 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$2,570 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $2,570Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $912

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,691.53
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,090.30
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 6.7 times more in New Jersey 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· 20th of 50

$3,482

$912 physician + $2,570 facility

NJ $6,366MD $947

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.