go back

Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Ohio 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?

$4,528

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,528 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$708 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,399 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $955 to $12,589Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,413
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $813

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
$1,348.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 18th of 50

$4,528

$813 physician + $3,715 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.