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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

South Dakota 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?

$1,961

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,961 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$1,202$269 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$447 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,862Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $195 to $3,388
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $759professional $1,202

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
$120.23
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$2,398.83
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,388.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$48.98
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$120.23

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 32nd of 51

$1,961

$1,202 physician + $759 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.