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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 July 2026.

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

$4,620

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,620 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$214 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,820 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $234 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $120 to $2,570
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $1,072

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
$181.97
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$398.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,786.30
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where New York 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

New York· 8th of 50

$4,620

$1,072 physician + $3,548 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.