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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

North Carolina 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?

$1,964

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,964 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$676$200 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$182 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $117 to $3,802Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $138 to $2,455
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $676

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
$177.83
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 44th of 50

$1,964

$676 physician + $1,288 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.