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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Mississippi 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?

$1,097

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,097 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$178 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$457 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,188Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $117 to $2,188
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $339

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
$112.20
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 49th of 51

$1,097

$339 physician + $759 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.