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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Alaska rates for HCPCS 49425

Places a soft tube under the skin that carries fluid built up in the abdomen back into a large vein, so it rejoins the bloodstream instead of collecting in the belly. A one-way valve keeps the fluid moving in that direction only.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid cost?

$3,072

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,072 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$794 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$933 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $741 to $4,074Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $708 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $1,950

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
$2,290.87
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,011.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,365.16
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Maine 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

Alaska· 27th of 50

$3,072

$1,950 physician + $1,122 facility

ME $14,138MD $1,352

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.