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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Colorado 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?

$6,080

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,080 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$724 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,380 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $912 to $12,589Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$1,584.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,951.21
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,548.82
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 9th of 50

$6,080

$832 physician + $5,248 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.