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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

New Hampshire 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?

$10,350

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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$1,230$871 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$3,802 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $16,218Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,995
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,120professional $1,230

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
$100.00
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,709.64
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,290.87
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$933.25

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 3rd of 50

$10,350

$1,230 physician + $9,120 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.