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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Oklahoma 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?

$2,204

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,204 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$692 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,000 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,310Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $759

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
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 43rd of 50

$2,204

$759 physician + $1,445 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.