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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Utah 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?

$4,283

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,283 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$1,047$170 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$2,291 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $123 to $2,455
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $1,047

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
$169.82
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$295.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$2,344.23
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Utah 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

Utah· 12th of 50

$4,283

$1,047 physician + $3,236 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.