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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Louisiana 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?

$2,549

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,549 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$851$708 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,023 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $661 to $4,365Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $851

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
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 34th of 50

$2,549

$851 physician + $1,698 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.