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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Nebraska 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?

$5,216

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,216 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$794 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,344 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $933 to $13,490Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 11th of 50

$5,216

$851 physician + $4,365 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.