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Injection of Air or Dye Into the Abdomen

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 49400

Air or a contrast dye is injected through the abdominal wall into the space surrounding the organs so that imaging shows the area more clearly. Outlining that space helps show a hernia, a leak, or the position of organs and tubing. It is performed as part of, or in preparation for, an imaging study.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Injection of Air or Dye Into the Abdomen cost?

$883

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $883 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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$158$107 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$107 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $98 to $3,388Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $89 to $363
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $724professional $158

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
$138.04
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,754.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,754.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 22.1 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMassachusetts $883 · 27th of 50
NJ $5,389MD $244

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.