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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

Massachusetts 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 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 8 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$447 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$537 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $437 to $5,129Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $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
$501.19
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,677.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,677.35
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 26th of 51

$525

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.