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Image-Guided Drainage of a Collection in an Organ

Virginia 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?

$2,451

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,451 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$589$214 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$776 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $263 to $6,166Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $589

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
$407.38
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,148.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,174.90
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,715.35
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
5 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
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$109.65

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 20th of 51

$2,451

$589 physician + $1,862 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.