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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 July 2026.

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

$2,299

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$1,096$191 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$219 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $120 to $3,631Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $110 to $2,754
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $1,096

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
$120.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$2,398.83
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 34th of 50

$2,299

$1,096 physician + $1,202 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.