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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Montana 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?

$934

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $934 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$288$182 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$182 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,239Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $117 to $2,138
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $288

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$2,187.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,137.96
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$380.19

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$934

$288 physician + $646 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.