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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 July 2026.

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

$4,422

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,422 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$955$263 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,288 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $186 to $9,772Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $151 to $4,169
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $955

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
$109.65
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,772.37
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 10th of 50

$4,422

$955 physician + $3,467 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.