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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

North Dakota 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?

$1,819

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,819 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$1,202$229 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$120 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,549Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,884
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $1,202

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
$120.23
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,995.26
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$120.23

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 35th of 51

$1,819

$1,202 physician + $617 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.