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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt cost?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$562$427 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$955 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,495Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $372 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $5,370professional $562

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Alabama· 26th of 51

$562

AK $1,738UT $316

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.