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Image-Guided Drainage Of An Abdominal Collection

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

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

$1,778

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $275 to $3,162.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $214 to $3,715
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,584.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in West Virginia 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.

Massachusetts· 28th of 50

$1,778

WV $10,233DE $871

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.