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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

Georgia 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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$513$437 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$1,514 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,710Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $398 to $912
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $513

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
$467.74
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 20th of 51

$562

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.