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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

North Carolina 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?

$2,171

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,171 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$851 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$776 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,012Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $1,148

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
$691.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 44th of 50

$2,171

$1,148 physician + $1,023 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.