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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Missouri 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?

$4,087

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$851$741 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,820 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $7,762Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $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
$1,071.52
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 22nd of 50

$4,087

$851 physician + $3,236 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.