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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

Arizona 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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 5 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$468$417 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$708 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $447 to $7,943Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $380 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $468

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
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$479

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.