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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Michigan 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?

$1,535

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,535 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$186$151 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,202 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,754Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $32 to $1,549
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $186

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
$151.36
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$776.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$309.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$234.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$154.88
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 41st of 51

$1,535

$186 physician + $1,349 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.