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Injection of Air or Dye Into the Abdomen

North Carolina 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?

$360

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $360 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $170 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$191$132 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$170$123 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $91 to $933Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $98 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $170professional $191

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
$147.91
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$371.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 22.1 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

North Carolina· 42nd of 50

$360

$191 physician + $170 facility

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.