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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Arizona 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?

$3,814

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,814 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 5 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 $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,514 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,413Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,514
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 23rd of 50

$3,814

$794 physician + $3,020 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.