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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

Colorado 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 7 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$479$437 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$692 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $490 to $12,882Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $398 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $479

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
$436.52
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$550

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.