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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

New York 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?

$3,710

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,710 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$724 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,202 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,495Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,549
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $891

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
$1,230.27
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$436.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$70.79
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82

Where New York 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 York· 2nd of 51

$3,710

$891 physician + $2,818 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.