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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Oregon 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?

$2,375

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,375 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$380$214 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,413 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,890Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $170 to $2,884
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $380

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
$3,890.45
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,235.94
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,511.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,456.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,235.94
10 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
$89.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,584.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$316.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$208.93

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 15th of 51

$2,375

$380 physician + $1,995 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.