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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Minnesota 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?

$2,940

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$1,202$234 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$776 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $110 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $170 to $3,802
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $1,202

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
$109.65
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 10th of 51

$2,940

$1,202 physician + $1,738 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.