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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

New Mexico 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?

$2,325

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,325 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$912$170 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$813 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,761Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,698
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $912

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
$125.89
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$60.26
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$181.97

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 20th of 51

$2,325

$912 physician + $1,413 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.