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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Florida 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?

$6,802

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,802 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$776$692 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$1,995 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $871 to $22,387Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,288
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $776

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
$776.25
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76

Where Florida 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

Florida· 6th of 50

$6,802

$776 physician + $6,026 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.