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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Michigan 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?

$3,697

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,697 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$724 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$2,291 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $708 to $4,898Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $813

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
$1,000.00
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 25th of 50

$3,697

$813 physician + $2,884 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.