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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Nevada 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?

$3,015

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,015 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$776$724 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,950 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $741 to $7,762Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,230
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $776

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
$741.31
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$724.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 29th of 50

$3,015

$776 physician + $2,239 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.