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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

Alaska rates for HCPCS 49428

Ties shut a tube that was previously placed to carry fluid from the abdomen into a vein, so that nothing flows through it any more. The tube itself stays where it is; only the flow is stopped.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $631 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,096$468 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$501 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,413Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $631professional $1,096

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
$1,288.25
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$977

CA $1,122KY $427

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.