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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

North Dakota 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?

$2,222

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,222 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$1,514$813 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$708 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $708 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $1,514

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
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 42nd of 50

$2,222

$1,514 physician + $708 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.