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Sealing A Fluid Pocket With An Injected Solution

Virginia 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?

$2,154

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,154 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$741$129 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$525 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $162 to $5,129Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $741

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
$169.82
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,318.26
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$158.49

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 27th of 51

$2,154

$741 physician + $1,413 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.