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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Tennessee 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?

$2,982

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,982 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$708 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,445 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,266Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,514
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $794

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
$758.58
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 30th of 50

$2,982

$794 physician + $2,188 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.