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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

South Carolina 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?

$1,749

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,749 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$141 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$589 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,162Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,549
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $955

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
$141.25
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
6 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
$67.61
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$1,749

$955 physician + $794 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.