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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 October 2026.

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

$428

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $428 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $209 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$219$178 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$209$117 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,380Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $115 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $209professional $219

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
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
6 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
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 11.3 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. 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· 40th of 51

$428

$219 physician + $209 facility

HI $2,996DE $264

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.