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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Idaho 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?

$2,288

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,288 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$759 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$955 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,467Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $1,000

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$676.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 40th of 50

$2,288

$1,000 physician + $1,288 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.