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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Missouri 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?

$2,651

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,651 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$138 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,122 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $182 to $5,370Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $117 to $2,138
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $832

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
$125.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 30th of 50

$2,651

$832 physician + $1,820 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.