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Image-Guided Drainage of a Collection in an Organ

South 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?

$2,555

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,555 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$776$269 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$891 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $676 to $6,457Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $776

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
$229.09
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$229.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$112.20
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96

Where South 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

South Carolina· 18th of 51

$2,555

$776 physician + $1,778 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.