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Image-Guided Drainage Of An Abdominal Collection

Florida rates for HCPCS 49406

Drains a pocket of infected or trapped fluid inside the abdomen or in the space behind it, without open surgery. Using ultrasound or CT pictures to steer, the doctor passes a needle and then a thin drainage tube through the skin into the collection and leaves the tube in to empty it over the following days. The imaging used to guide it is included.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Image-Guided Drainage Of An Abdominal Collection cost?

$2,048

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,048 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$603$186 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$813 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $537 to $6,607Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $141 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $603

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
$549.54
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
8 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
$89.13
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$74.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
76 · Repeat, same provider
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XE · Separate encounter
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where Florida 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

Florida· 29th of 51

$2,048

$603 physician + $1,445 facility

CO $5,090MD $982

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.