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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Arkansas 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?

$2,053

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,053 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$708 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$912 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,042Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,175
$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $794

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
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 46th of 50

$2,053

$794 physician + $1,259 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.