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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Nevada 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?

$2,932

Typical total for the visit. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,932 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$132 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,380 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $123 to $4,786Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,820
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $794

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
$123.03
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,819.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,202.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 26th of 50

$2,932

$794 physician + $2,138 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.