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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

New Hampshire 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?

$1,378

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,378 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$331$170 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$724 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $661 to $3,467Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $123 to $2,188
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $331

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,090.30
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
$67.61
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 45th of 51

$1,378

$331 physician + $1,047 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.