go back

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 October 2026.

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

$1,933

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,933 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$151 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$550 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $380 to $4,786Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $933

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
$338.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,380.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$57.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 33rd of 51

$1,933

$933 physician + $1,000 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.