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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Iowa 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?

$4,091

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,091 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$776 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,288 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,311
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $1,072

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
$1,288.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 21st of 50

$4,091

$1,072 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.