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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Montana 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?

$2,349

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,349 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$1,000$708 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,072 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,514Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,349professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Montana 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

Montana· 38th of 50

$2,349

$1,000 physician + $1,349 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.