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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Ohio 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?

$3,884

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,884 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$138 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,380 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $398 to $9,550Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,660
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $933

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
$223.87
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 16th of 50

$3,884

$933 physician + $2,951 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.