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Image-Guided Drainage of a Collection in an Organ

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 49405

A drainage tube is placed through the skin into a collection of pus, blood, or other fluid inside an organ such as the liver, kidney, spleen, or lung. Ultrasound or a scan guides the needle and tube into the right spot. The tube is normally left in for a period so the collection can drain away.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Image-Guided Drainage of a Collection in an Organ cost?

$1,959

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,959 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$912$457 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$724 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,074Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,138
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $912

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
$190.55
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,230.27
7 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
$95.50
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Colorado 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· 33rd of 51

$1,959

$912 physician + $1,047 facility

CO $5,090MD $977

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.