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Placement Of A Shunt To Drain Abdominal Fluid

Utah 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?

$4,715

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,715 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$741 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,884 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,042
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $1,000

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,737.80
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Utah 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

Utah· 15th of 50

$4,715

$1,000 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.