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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 October 2026.

How much does Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution cost?

$2,365

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,365 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$851$129 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$741 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,365Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,514
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $851

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
$123.03
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,819.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$61.66
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 16th of 51

$2,365

$851 physician + $1,514 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.