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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Alabama 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?

$2,827

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,827 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$708 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,122 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,761Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $832

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 31st of 50

$2,827

$832 physician + $1,995 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.