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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

Louisiana 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $912 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$468 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$575 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,467Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $417 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $912professional $617

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
$616.60
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
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
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$617

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.